Woman loses ₹87,000 in airport lounge access scam

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Unauthorized charges and call forwarding have raised suspicions

Despite downloading the app, Mani never used the salon facilities. Instead, she opted to grab a coffee at Starbucks before her flight.

After her trip, friends told her they couldn’t reach her by phone. Initially blaming her Airtel service, she became suspicious when she was told a man had answered her calls.

Lounge Access App Transactions

Things got worse when Mani saw unauthorized charges of over ₹87,000 on his credit card, transferred to a PhonePe account.

She believes the scammers accessed her phone through the ‘Lounge Pass’ app, allowing them to set up call forwarding and intercept OTPs for unauthorized transactions.

After discovering this, she reported the matter to the cybercrime department and took action with her bank to prevent further losses.