In one more social media fraud, a 60-yr-outdated senior govt of a personal firm has been allegedly duped for a whopping quantity to the tune of Rs 3.98 crore. The girl misplaced cash value over Rs 3.98 crore in 207 transactions to 27 totally different accounts over the previous few months.
According to the PTI report, the police on Thursday mentioned the chief primarily based out of Pune has been lured by social media after the lady was befriended by a person from Britain by a buddy request on a social media platform in April final yr.
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The accused befriended the sufferer and managed to win her confidence over a span of 5 months. The consumer pretended to ship an iPhone to her as a birthday reward for which she was made to pay massive sums on the pretext of customs clearance at Delhi airport.
Later the fraudster known as her once more imposing as courier company representatives, customized officers and demanded more cash on-line for delivering the consignment because it additionally contained jewelry and overseas forex.
The report quoted inspector Ankush Chintaman of the Cyber Cell saying the ladies ended up dropping nearly Rs 3,98,75,500 since final yr, and just lately approached the cyber cell solely after realising she had been duped.
The Cyber Cell police station has registered an offence below related sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act.
