Letter: A 28-year-old professional lost Rs 8.26 lakh for cyber fraudsters because they wanted to buy RS 13,000 puppies online.
Cyber Cyber Sleuths letter looked down Cameroon National residents from Bangaloru on Tuesday because of alleged involvement in online fraud racquets.
The defendant was identified as Nyongabsen Hilary Sylvester Dunga (24), working as a translator of French for private companies.
He was arrested based on a complaint submitted by a 28-year-old woman who worked in the IT sector.
Police said that Dunga operated a bank account where the money from the victims was saved.
“Dunga works as a translator and in his spare time, he manages a bank account for a gang.
There are others who are involved in online rackets and we work to arrest them,” said a police officer from the Cybercrime letter police station.
Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar told Tii, “The victim is captivated to buy Golder Retriever Puppies online.
We ask people to act responsibly while conducting financial transactions online.” According to the details of the case, the victim, a woman, was looking for online for Buy a golden retriever puppy.
He found a website that sells puppies and when he clicks on the link he is directed to several other websites where the puppy is available for rs 13,000.
Here he was asked to submit the details online, which he did.
Immediately after sending details, the woman was contacted by someone at WhatsApp who asked him to transfer money to a bank account.
After the woman transferred Rs 13,000, she was told that she had to pay more money for insurance, the license as a breeder and other fees.
“Trusting the woman’s seller pays money.
He promised that additional money would be returned to him after a puppy was delivered.
But the woman never got a puppy, also did not get the money back,” police said.