HYDERABAD: Posing as a Italy-based Indian source physician, a fraudster tricked a 34-year-old software worker from Jubilee Hills of Rs 50 lakh after promising to marry her.
The sufferer.
Who’s a priest, came in touch with all the fraudster by means of a matrimony site.
In accordance with cybercrime authorities of Hyderabad, about 2 months before, the sufferer arrived in touch with all the fraudster, who watched her profile on an matrimonial site.
The accused released as Vijay Anand, an Indian source physician from Italy.
Vijay revealed interest in marrying from the sufferer.
“Vijay told that the victim he had made a decision to return to India and associate with her.
In addition, he told her he had shut his clinic there and shipped all precious personal possessions, such as some medical gear, to India through air freight.
About 10 days before, the victim received a telephone call from fraudster’s associate posing as a Delhi-based customs officer, telling about Vijay’s freight being hauled in habits,” cybercrime ACP KVM Prasad explained.
The fraudster, posing as a customs officer, advised her to cover Rs 38,000 as obligation.
Following the victim paid the cash, the fraudster again called stating that 20,000 euros were discovered in one of those parcels and legal actions might be initiated against her trying to pay in foreign money.
The rattled sufferer paid Rs 2.5 lakh as punishment and then from the title of responsibilities for various gear that were part of their freight, the accused forced the sufferer pay Rs 50 lakh in complete through multiple trades in a period of 10 days.
The key accused, posing as Vijay Anand, invited her to accomplish this, the ACP said.
Eventually when the fraudster necessitated Rs 30 lakh longer, the sufferer realised it had been a fraud and also lodged a complaint with the authorities on Saturday.
A cheating instance was enrolled.