Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Kolkata Man Loses Rs 1.75 Lakh Booking Nainital Hotel
A man from Kolkata wanted to book a hotel for a family trip to Nainital.
He found a hotel website and called the number shown on it.
The person who answered pretended to be a hotel worker.
The caller said the hotel was nearly full and asked for Rs 24,000.
The man paid the money and later shared his credit card details.
The caller then pressured him to share a one-time password, or OTP.
Soon afterward, Rs 150,888 was taken from his account.
Police say fake hotel websites are being used for similar scams and are investigating this case.
A Behala resident lost nearly Rs 1.75 lakh while trying to book a Nainital hotel.
The victim contacted a number listed on a hotel website and transferred Rs 24,000 for a booking.
The caller, posing as a hotel employee, then requested the victim’s credit card number and OTP.
After the OTP was shared, Rs 150,888 was withdrawn from the victim’s credit card account.
Police are tracing bank account and mobile phone details and advising travelers to verify hotel websites.
- Who
- A resident of Behala, Kolkata, and online fraudsters posing as hotel employees.
- What
- The resident was defrauded of nearly Rs 1.75 lakh while trying to book a Nainital hotel.
- When
- Recently, during preparations for a family trip around the Puja holidays.
- Where
- The victim was in Behala, Kolkata, while the intended hotel was near Nainital Lake in Uttarakhand.
- Why
- Fraudsters used a fake hotel website and pressured the victim into sharing his credit card OTP.
- Victim
- A resident of Behala, Kolkata
- Intended destination
- Nainital, Uttarakhand
- Initial payment
- Rs 24,000
- Later withdrawal
- Rs 150,888
- Total reported loss
- Nearly Rs 1.75 lakh
- Complaint
- Filed with Behala Police Station
- Police advice
- Thoroughly verify hotel websites before transferring money