Bengaluru Man Loses Rs 2 Lakh While Trying To Sell His Bike Online

Cybercrime is on an increase in recent times and as soon as once more, cyber fraudsters have exploited the identification of the Indian Army to mislead an harmless particular person. In a latest incident, a resident of Harlur, Bengaluru, fell sufferer to a rip-off and misplaced virtually Rs 2 lakh whereas making an attempt to buy a pre-owned bike from a sure web site. The Bellandur Police, in response to the First Information Report (FIR), detailed how Rajasekhar determined to purchase a second hand bike after coming throughout an commercial on July 26, the place the bike was obtainable to buy for Rs 32,000. The alleged vendor, who claimed to be an Army officer named Lakshay Khanna, even shared his Aadhaar card by way of WhatsApp to Rajasekhar, main the sufferer to belief the fraudster.

According to Bangalore Mirror, the person posing as Lakshay offered the sufferer with the contact variety of an individual named Manjeet Singh, assuring the supply of the bike might be completed on July 28. The alleged Army officer initially requested Rs 1,000 as a transportation cost from Devanahalli to Hennur. Later, the sufferer was requested to switch Rs 7,200 for GST, adopted by a number of transactions of Rs 7,000, Rs 200 and Rs 15,000.

Using a UPI app, Rajasekhar despatched cash to the accused by his financial institution utilizing Lakshay Khanna’s offered QR code. The fraudulent transactions additional included extra quantities, similar to Rs 18,000, Rs 32,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 4,000, Rs 5,000, Rs 32,000 and Rs 13,000, which ended up with the whole lack of Rs 1,96,002 for the sufferer.

Soon after he understood the rip-off, the sufferer rapidly approached the Bellandur Police, urging them to arrest Lakshay and Manjeet Singh, and take essential authorized motion in opposition to them. Meanwhile, the police registered an FIR underneath Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information Technology Act 2000, regarding fraudulent use of digital options and dishonest by personation by way of communication units or laptop assets. Additionally, Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860 was raised, associated to encouraging fraud and property supply.

Despite submitting the FIR, Rajasekhar talked about that the police are but to catch the accused people.

According to Money Control, the same fraud case occurred earlier this month involving a director of a personal agency in Bengaluru. Just like Rajasekhar’s expertise, the director was contacted by a person claiming to be an Army officer. The scammer requested a switch of Rs 15,000 for on-line spoken English lessons, allegedly for the officer’s two teenage daughters. To show their authenticity, the scammer shared identification paperwork like Aadhaar card, Army Canteen Smart card and a QR code. Sensing one thing wasn’t proper, the director discovered that the names on the offered ID playing cards and the True Caller’s ID weren’t the identical. Wisely selecting to not switch any funds, the director instantly contacted the cybercrime helpline and saved himself from a rip-off.