India, June 21 -- An 82- year-old Kharghar resident was duped of Rs.45 lakh in two frauds between November 2023 and February 2025. The first fraud involved the promise of buying old currency notes at a high price and the second was a lottery scam. The police booked 11 men for cheating.

According to the police, the first incident occurred between November 2023 and January 2024 when the complainant came across an online advertisement of old currency collection buyers. The complainant told the police that when he contacted the frauds and informed them about his collection, they asked for his bank account details in order to transfer Rs.2.98 crore in exchange for his collection of old coins and currency notes from him. The accused then sipho...