New Delhi, April 24 -- Recently a case was reported where a woman has claimed that a fake captain has defrauded her of Rs.17.5 lakh. This is how it happened: Manpreet Kaur's husband who works in the Army as Naik was approached by a colleague and was introduced to 'Captain' Sagar Guleria who - he claimed - had helped a number of Army personnel procure housing loan assistance and government subsidies.

Her husband - at Guleria's instance -- applied for apersonal loan of Rs.17.5 lakh which was transferred to the joint bank account of husband and wife. Then Guleria told them to transfer the entire money to his account so that he could apply for the assistance and subsidy. Then when they transferred the money through RTGS, Guleria stopped taki...