Online fraud worth over Rs. 3.80 crore; Ahmedabad Police receive two complaints in a day

Sabarmati: Two complaint were filed with Cyber Crime police of Ahmedabad in a single day on September 9. In each case the amount lost by complainant was in crores.

A complainant Kuldip Kachrabhai Patel(34) is team leader in Cap Gemini. He came into contact of “Aditi Patel” through Bharat Matrimony website and later conversed with her on Whatapp during which he was lured to invest in Banocoin. He was given a link on Whatsapp through which he installed an app and started trading in Banocoin on insistence of “Aditi”. Initially he could see 78 USD profit and withdrew 50 USD out of it successfully, but later when he deposited more money and eventually sought to withdraw 1600 USD, his account was shown as ‘freezed’. When requested, he was asked to pay 3500 USD to unfreeze the account. Victim Kuldip contacted police realizing that he was cheated and had lost Rs. 1.34 crore in this online scam.

Another complaint has been filed by city based Jayesh Sureshbhai Vakil(51). He was contacted on Telegraph app by “Sameeksha” and offered rating task job for “Make My Trip”. He was then sent a link and asked to register with a mobile number, password and linking to bank account. He was given Rs. 11,000 as trial balance deposit and assigned 90 tasks for which he was given Rs. 1,000 commission in his HDFC account eventually. Vakil was then asked to deposit Rs. 11,000 to continue the task commission scheme. Later Rs. 1500 commission was sent. Later through allurement of deluxe order, unique order etc, deposits like, security deposit, tax deposit, were sought by scammers. Since July this year, victim was defrauded for Rs. 2.46 crore in this online scam. DeshGujarat