A Bengaluru-based IT engineer, Rakesh Kumar (name changed), recently lost Rs 4.35 lakh in a scam involving Apple gift vouchers.
Days before Diwali, Kumar received a WhatsApp message from someone pretending to be his boss, supposedly reaching out from the UK, asking him to buy Apple gift vouchers for clients in India as a festive gesture. Eager to make a good impression, Kumar purchased the vouchers through Paytm and shared the codes, only to find out later from HR that the message was fake.