In a disturbing new trend, cyber fraudsters are now exploiting genuine online shopping orders to cheat customers. In a recent such incident, a 27-year-old woman from Sion was duped of `2.07 lakh after she was tricked into believing she had to cancel and reorder her purchase to get faster delivery and an instant refund.

According to the police, the woman had placed an online order for garments. Days later, she received a call from a person claiming to be from the company’s dispatch centre. To gain her confidence, he quoted her exact order details and then told her that delivery would take months unless she cancelled it and placed a fresh order. He assured her that the refund for the first order would reflect in her bank account immediately.