Retired Army nurse duped of Rs 41.70 lakh
| Date :17-Sep-2020 |
Staff Reporter ;
A RETIRED Army nurse lost Rs 41.70 lakh to cyber criminals after they allegedly threatened to implicate her in a false money laundering case. Ivansingh Samsher Singh (56), an ex-Army officer and a resident of Jai Bajrang Society, Manav Sewa Nagar, told police that some persons with pseudo names befriended his wife Reena on Facebook. A retired Army nurse, Reena, who stays alone in the house, shared her cell number with one of them who claimed to be from United States of America. He told her that he would send her gifts and gold ornaments. After gaining her confidence, they started asking her to deposit money in different bank accounts for releasing the gifts. Between July 15 and September 15, Reena started receiving calls from cell numbers 7627949029, 8448362798 and 8791680389.
She then started receiving WhatsApp messages with some documents asking her to pay the fine. They then threatened her to implicate her in a money laundering case if she failed to pay the money. Due to fear, she deposited Rs 41.70 lakh in different accounts in Vijaya Bank, Canara Bank, UCO Bank and HDFC Bank. Having realised that she was being defrauded by cyber criminals, he approached the police. On the basis of his complaint, Gittikhadan Police registered a case under Sections 419, 420 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Section 66(d) of Information Technology Act.
Senior Inspector Sunil Chavan, In-charge of Gittikhadan Police Station, told ‘The Hitavada’ that the couple lost Rs 41.70 lakh which they had received as retirement benefit. “The case is under investigation. Police will crack the case and arrest the perpetrators,” he expressed confidence. Meanwhile, senior police officials have appealed to the citizens remain alert and not to fall prey to such fraudsters on social media as cybercriminals were using all tools at hand to dupe citizens.
Posing as Army officers, tricksters dupe businessman of Rs 6 lakh IN YET another online fraud, a middle-aged businessman was recently duped of Rs six lakh by three tricksters who impersonated as army officers and cheated him of the amount on the pretext of selling a car. A resident of Tejomay Apartments, Farmland, Ramdaspeth, Sachin Anand Brahma (50) had seen an advertisement for sale of a car on Facebook. He contacted on the cell numbers given in the advertisment.
Between August 30, 2020 and September 1, 2020, he made phone calls. Three persons -- Prakash Shetty, Bhimeshwar and Praveen Kumar -- who had posted the advertisement - told him that they were army officers and wanted to dispose off their cars. As he liked one of the cars, he negotiated with them. They asked him to transfer Rs six lakh in their bank account. Accordingly, he transferred the amount through online banking but they did not deliver the car. Later, he realised that he was duped by cyber criminals. Sitabuldi Police, on the basis of Sachin Brahma’s complaint, registered a case under Section 420, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Section 66(d) of Infortmation Technology Act. Further investigations are underway.