Hyderabad: Some planning to sell their kidneys for debt which is clearly deceived by Rs 40 lakh by fraudsters who disguised themselves as facilitators based in the UK for organ sales.
The victims – M Venkatesh and Lavanya from Khairatabad – operate stationary stores and recently took loans from financial institutions for the construction of four-storey buildings in Katedan.
“Because of locking, there are no significant income from the business and loan money for home construction has reached Rs 1.5 Crore,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), cyber crime, said KVM Prasad.
To remove debt, the partner thinks to sell their kidneys and look for prospective buyers on the internet.
“In March 2021, the victims sent a message to fraudsters, whose numbers they found on the internet, looked for kidney donors.
Posing as hospital employees in the UK, fraudsters offer Rs 5 Crore for kidney donors and captivates the victims,” ACP said.
The defendant made RS 26 lakh victim deposits in various bank accounts for registration fees, processing fees, currency exchange fees, visa fees, and insurance.
Fraudsters send a web link that contains the RBI logo and a fictitious ESCROW account that displays the money transferred by it as a public payment.
To convince the defendant further, the fraudster made the victims meet with his colleague at the Bengaluru Cottage.
“The national Africa who was the victim met in Bengaluru, showed them a suitcase containing black papers from the size of a currency note.
The defendant wiped several black records using unknown chemicals and turned it into” Rs 2,000 currency notes “.
By promising material supplies Chemistry, which can play all the black records into the RS 2000 record, the defendant made the victim transfer more lakh, “ACP said.
When unknown chemicals fail to convert notes, the victims submitted complaints.