Merchants, public warned of UPI spoofing after college students caught in act in Coimbatore

The Coimbatore City Police person warned merchants and the nationalist of UPI spoofing wherein scammers usage fraudulent apps that mimic the interface of fashionable UPI apps and make fake “payment successful” screens. Two assemblage students were caught successful the act, portion utilizing 1 specified app successful the metropolis recently.

According to the police, R. Gowtham (20) of Agasthiyampalli successful Nagapattinam and his person Imayadhwajan Surjith (20) of Kottakulam successful Tenkasi, some students of a backstage engineering assemblage astatine Malumichampatti, visited Blue Moon Pets & Aquarium, a favored and ornamental food store astatine Sunnambu Kalvai adjacent Karumbukadai astir 10.40 p.m. connected February 14. They negotiated the terms for a kitten and the trader agreed to merchantability it for ₹5,300. Gowtham scanned the shop’s UPI QR codification and showed his mobile phone’s display, indicating a palmy payment, to the owner.