ggm Man duped of Rs.11 lakh by fraudsters posing as friend
Gurugram, Sept. 10 -- A 58-year-old retired government teacher was defrauded of nearly Rs.11.77 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as a woman from England, police said on Tuesday. Officials familiar with the matter said that the Farrukhnagar police station received a complaint on Monday from a man being duped by cyber fraudsters from July 28 to July 30.
In the complaint, the victim alleged that he fell prey to an online scam after accepting a random friend request from a woman based in England on July 20. The scammers first contacted the victim, Ramniwas (goes by single name), a resident of Bharali Basti area in Farrukhnagar on July 20 on Facebook through a fake profile named 'Victoria Philip Johan', said police, adding that fraudsters, using the account, befriended Ramniwas and gained his trust. The fraudsters expressed their desire to visit India soon. After that, Ramniwas received a phone call on July 28 from someone posing as an immigration officer at the Mumbai International Airport.
The officer claimed that Johan was detained at the airport for carrying $50,000 (Rs.58 lakh), according to police. Later, the phone was passed to a woman acting as Johan, who requested Rs.37,500 via an online payment app for her to be released. Investigators added that Ramniwas paid the amount. Johan requested him to transfer another Rs.85,000 for an anti-money laundering (AML) certificate to stay in India, to which Ramniwas agreed. The cyber fraudsters further demanded a third instalment of Rs.1.75 lakh on the same day. Accordingly, Ramniwas kept paying multiple instalments of taxes and security charges to ten different accounts until the amount reached Rs.11,77,499, said investigators. An FIR was registered at Cyber police station in Manesar under relevant sections....
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