The 62 -year -old housewife from Bandra in Mumbai was deceived by cyber cheaters. Almost lost £8 crore.
Fraud happened in two months. It started with the message WhatsApp from a foreigner. The sender pretended to work with a well -known financial company. The woman was said to have been highly profits from investment in the stock market.
She got another number to contact the “manager of the officer” and a link to the web. Later it was added to the WhatsApp group. There she met another person who claimed to work for society. They all looked very professional.
She trusted them and transferred a large amount of money to various bank accounts. According to PTI sent £7.88 crore total.
However, when she tried to withdraw her money, they demanded 10% more. That made her suspicion. Then she realized she was served.
She filed a complaint against the computer crime portal. The police registered the case and started the investigation.
Cyber fraud related to lucrative profits on the stock market are quite common in India. Here are two recent cases:
Student Bengalur will lose £3.7 crore
In May 19 -year -old student engineering from Yelahanka, Bengaluru £3.7 Crore in a fake online scheme on the stock market. It started when he saw an ad on Facebook in February and offered high returns.
He joined the WhatsApp group called “Wealth Architects” operated by people who act as experts from “Rockefeller Capital”. The group showed false profits to gain confidence.
The student first sent a small amount and got fake returns. Later he opened the Demat account through a false link and invested more. His parents also joined after seeing profits. Eventually moved £3.7 Crore on 11 bank accounts.
Faridabad woman loses £7.59 crore
Faridabad’s woman lost £7.59 crore in false fraud with investment in stock. She clicked on Facebook ad and joined the WhatsApp group called “ICICI IR Team (57)”, where fake members shared stories about success.
She believed them that she was told to install fake applications like IC organ Max and TechStars.shop. She watched the instructions, sent money to bank accounts shared through these applications, and hoped for high revenues.
Over time, she transferred money to various accounts. All promises were false and the whole group was operated by fraudsters.
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