He added that the claimant knew he had been robbed when the accused promised he would return the money and asked him for another account number.
He received a call from one Rajendra Sharma on December 24 who agreed to buy the furniture and wanted to pass the sum through payment gateways — Paytm and Google Pay, he said.
Nevertheless, the claimant found that Rs 1.01 lakh had been debited from him during three transfers on two payment gateways instead of the amount being credited to his account, the official said.
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In an online fraud involving common payment gateways, a Thane resident lost a little more than Rs 1 lakh, police said on Saturday.
An offense has been registered against the unidentified accused under section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act and further investigations are underway, he said.
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