The increasing incidents of cyber fraud have given police sleepless nights. The thugs defrauded four persons to the tune of Rs 1 crore 70 lakh in just one week. Cyber police station has registered cases in these cases. On Tuesday, Awadhesh Kumar of Kotdwar told the police that he had befriended a girl named Riya Sharma through Facebook. On August 8, the girl told that she works in Forex trading, in which she has made a lot of profit. The girl told that her uncle is an expert in Forex trading and he has been doing this work for many years.
Lime worth Rs 65 lakh was imposed
The girl also tempted Awadhesh Kumar to invest in it. For this, he got an app downloaded in Awadhesh’s mobile, through which his account was opened. Awadhesh started buying foreign currency from August 19. When he tried to withdraw foreign currency from his account, it was said to be frozen. When Awadhesh talked to the girl, she told that she has benefited a lot by investing in it. To withdraw the amount, 30 percent income tax will have to be paid. After this, Awadhesh deposited Rs. 23 lakh in the account. Even after this the account remained frozen. When he talked to the girl, she asked to deposit more money. After losing around Rs 65 lakh, Awadhesh realized that he had been cheated.
Cheated of Rs 40 lakh in the name of online trading
In another case, thugs cheated Rs 40 lakh from a person from Haridwar. Haridwar resident Hemant Kumar told that an unknown person called him and lured him to earn good profits by working in online trading. The accused messaged him on WhatsApp and connected him to Telegram. After this, he was given the task of giving five star rating of the hotel on Google Map. After this the swindlers gave the task that if they invest online then they will get huge profits. In this way the thugs cheated him of Rs 40 lakh.
Cheated of Rs 34 lakh on the pretext of part time job
Complainant Vikram Singh, resident of Raipur, said that an unknown person contacted him on WhatsApp and promised him a part-time job. After this, he was connected to Telegram channel and given some tasks. After this, he was defrauded of Rs 34 lakh in the name of investing in various companies.
20 lakh rupees were cheated from a person by giving him a task
Cyber thugs duped a person from Doon of Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of investment by promising him more income. Manish Kumar, a resident of Sahasradhara Road, said that on October 11, an unknown person called him and promised to earn Rs 205 per day in exchange for promoting the company. On October 13, the thugs connected him through Telegram. After this, telling them it was a VIP task, they made them deposit Rs 94 thousand. After this, they were cheated of Rs 20 lakh by telling them different tasks.
