Elderly man duped of Rs.73 lakh in stock market cyber fraud
Gurugram, Sept. 4 -- A 71-year-old elderly man was duped of Rs.73.25 lakh by cyber fraudsters after trapping him in stock market investment fraud, police said on Wednesday, adding that the victim is a resident of Sector 65.
Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that the fraud started taking place from July 25 and continued till August 27. Investigators said that the victim was sent a link on his WhatsApp by the suspects for downloading an app to monitor his investment, which was actually a phishing app.
"The conmen had initially credited money in the bank account of the victim by labelling the money as profit earned on his investments. After winning his trust, the suspects made him transfer hefty amounts of money to various bank accounts, telling him that the money was being invested in the market," said Kumar, adding that when the victim tried to withdraw the money, the suspects asked him to deposit more money on pretext of taxes and charges.
"Later, the victim realised that he had been duped when the conmen turned off their mobile phones," said Kumar, adding one of the suspects had been detained for interrogation.
On the complaint of the victim's son, Vikram Middha, 43, a cheating case was registered at Cybercrime police station (South), said police.
In another case, two men, both in their 20s were arrested from Bajghera for allegedly luring youth by promising them jobs and then using their documents to open mule bank accounts and giving their access to cybercrime gangs, police said on Wednesday. Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that they had recently taken documents from a victim. "However, they sold the bank account to a gang for Rs.10,000. The victim got an FIR registered at Cybercrime police station (West) on Saturday."
Soon after, police tracked the duo and arrested them....
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