Mumbai: A 32-year-old woman became the latest victim of online prize fraud after she was friends with someone on social media claiming to be a British population employed on merchant ship (main cargo shipments).
The victim, who lives in the Mumbai (east) area, was deceived by RS4.29 Lakh which he had paid to collect gifts claimed to have been trapped in the Western BIE Delhi Airport.
Andheri police investigated this case tracking callers, a woman, who warned the complainant to get a problem if she did not pay Rs 3.19 lakh for a gift box containing valuables that were not declared.
The police said the complainant lost savings that had been saved from his salary.
This case was registered on August 2 against unknown people for imitation, cheating and forgery.
The fraud occurred on July 29 when the complainant received a call from a woman who claimed to be from a habit and told me that a package had been confiscated with them because he did not declare it.
“We have been looking for detail from the bank to get the money path to find a scammer.
Meanwhile, the Cyber ​​police team also tracked this case.
In this case, Scampmer identified himself as John from London to send a request a friend on the complainant Instagram he received,” said A police officer officer Andheri.
The day after the complainant received a scammer friend’s request, he called and asked for his communication address.
In a complaint, he said, “I oppose the delivery of gifts.
But the person claimed that he had sent a prize parcel and asked me to pay 1500 US dollars as a fee to collect it.
On July 29 morning, a woman claimed to be from the habit told about the prize Who was not declared lying down with them and threatening actions if they did not pay RS3.19 Lakh.
“A police officer said the complainant was first transferred RS1,18,118 and RS3.19,000 from other accounts and each RS50,000 and RS60.114 each.
He realized cheated when scammers demanded RS5.69 another lakh against income tax to receive parcels.