Pune: A man, who claimed to be based in England, deceived a 43-year-old foreign language teacher from Wanowrie with an RS 18 lakh tone after promising to send a prize expensive to him, police said.
Crimes took place in December 2020 and January, this year.
The woman filed firs with the Wanowrie police station on Tuesday.
Salgaonkar Inspector from the Wanowrie Police Station said, “The woman runs a foreign language training facility in Wanowrie and Kahhwa.” According to FIR, the woman received a request for male friendship in her social network profile in December 2020.
The man claimed he was a medical practitioner based in the UK.
A police officer said, “The woman and the man began to chat with each other through online messenger services.
When chatting, they also exchanged telephone numbers.
They chatted with each other for about 15 days and the man promised to send him expensive gifts from England, “The officer said.
“The complainant likes gift ideas and shares the address with him,” said the Salgaonkar Inspector.
“In January, this year, the man called to tell him that he had sent the gift to him.
A few days later, he called again and told him that the gift had reached the airport in India, but it was confiscated by customs officials,” Salgaonkar said.
“He told him that customs officials would release prizes only if the cost and some other fees were paid.
The man told him that the officials could also act against him, if he did not pay,” said an officer.
“The man then shared the details of a woman’s bank account with the victim.
He claimed that the woman was a customs official.
After this, the woman transferred money to e-banking facilities.
The complainant uses all the savings and deposits (FD) to transfer money to the account What is suspicious, “he said.
The police have registered a case of criminal violations of trust, cheating, and requesting the provisions of the Information Technology Act on men and suspicious bank account operators.
A few months ago, an IT professional lost Rs 26 Lakh to a similar online scam where he was promised a valuable prize.
Ploy ‘free gift’ is a popular phishing bait, where scammers target individuals who are vulnerable by offering them some form of tangible goods but before the transaction completed the criminals seek funds from the victim.
Lure from the gift in such a way that the victims gave a large amount of money before realizing that they had been cheated.
In such a case, crime is usually registered in the police for days after funds are sucked.
Pune: A man, who claimed to be based in England, cheated a 43-year-old foreign language teacher from Wanowrie in the RS18 lakh tone after promising to send a prize expensive to him, police said.
Crimes took place in December 2020 and January, this year.
The woman filed firs with the Wanowrie police station on Tuesday.
Salgaonkar Inspector from the Wanowrie Police Station said, “The woman runs a foreign language training facility in Wanowrie and Kahhwa.” According to FIR, the woman received a request for male friendship in her social network profile in December 2020.
The man claimed he was a medical practitioner based in the UK.
A police officer said, “The woman and the man began to chat with each other through online messenger services.
When chatting, they also exchanged telephone numbers.
They chatted with each other for about 15 days and the man promised to send him expensive gifts from England, “The officer said.
“The complainant likes gift ideas and shares the address with him,” said the Salgaonkar Inspector.
“In January, this year, the man called to tell him that he had sent the gift to him.
A few days later, he called again and told him that the gift had reached the airport in India, but it was confiscated by customs officials,” Salgaonkar said.
“He told him that customs officials would release prizes only if the cost and some other fees were paid.
The man told him that the officials could also act against him, if he did not pay,” said an officer.
“The man then shared the details of a woman’s bank account with the victim.
He claimed that the woman was a customs official.
After this, the woman transferred money to e-banking facilities.
The complainant uses all the savings and deposits (FD) to transfer money to the account What is suspicious, “he said.
The police have registered a case of criminal violations of trust, cheating, and requesting the provisions of the Information Technology Act on men and suspicious bank account operators.
Fraudsters in Pune Dupe Woman of RS 18L with gift bait
