A new case of cyber fraud has come to light, where a retired professor has been cheated for Rs 2 crore. Cyber thugs made the professor very cleverly and emptied their bank account. This information has been received from media reports. Let’s know about it.
A case of cheating of Rs 2 crore has come to light in Andhra Pradesh, where cyber fraud has started from a Whatsapp Group. Here the administrator of the Whatsapp Group claimed that he actually advises for investment. Finally, he fell victim to cyber fraud of Rs 2 crore. Then he lodged a complaint on 18 June.
Professor trapped in fake investment trap
Cyber thugs made many fake claims and promises. He told his own connection to a well-known company. As a professor, he knew about that big company and got into a trap. After this, Professor agreed to investing, after which a woman has contacted Victim. The woman described herself as a representative of that company and promised to help in investment. After this, the woman gave directions to Victim and asked him to follow him.
10 thousand rupees first
Victim has initially invited 10 thousand rupees and within a short time Victim got back 13 thousand rupees. After this, Victim started feeling that he was the right job.
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1.9 crore rupees in a month
According to the report, after this, Victim has invested about Rs 1.9 crore during the next five weeks. After this, by the end of May, Victim started seeing a balance of Rs 35 crore in fake wallet.
Try to withdraw money
After this, Victim tried to withdraw Rs 5 crore from that amount, then cyber thugs demanded Rs 32 lakh from him. After this, the deal was fixed at Rs 7.9 lakh.
This is how cyber fraud was busted
Once, after a payment of Rs 7.9 lakh, his account suddenly got blocked. After this, he wanted to immediately unblock it. After this, Victim was in touch with another person, who was a cyber thug. He also demanded some money. Victim then came to know that he had fallen victim to cyber fraud. After this, he contacted the police and lodged a complaint.
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Many people have been hunted
This is not the first case of cyber fraud, even before that many such cases have been reported. Where cyber scammers scare, threaten or greed and cheat millions of rupees. One should be careful with such people and their messages.