Central Mumbai Cyber Fraud: Central Mumbai Cyber Fraud: A man from central Mumbai had planned to invest Rs 1.27 crore in a new flat. The 53-year-old man had got the money from selling his residence, but lost the entire amount to cyber fraudsters
The cyber fraudsters had told the man he will get high returns in a part-time job he was offered by them. In his complaint to the police, the man said he got a woman’s message on Telegram on February 9 regarding a part-time job.
The woman in her message told the man said he will get links of hotels and movies he would have to rate them.
The victim lost Rs 1.27 crore, which he put into the fraudster’s bank accounts over two days. This happened after he got Rs 7,000 for liking and giving a rating to a hotel review.
When the man said he was interested in the job, the woman share a web link with him, and asked him for his bank account details. To see the man’s e-wallet, the woman gave him a login and password. She then asked him to put Rs 10,000 in an account.
The woman sent the victim a link to a portal specializing in having information about the hotel sector. The man gave a rating to the content of the website, and sent its screenshot to the accused. He soon received Rs 17,372 in his account. The woman then shared a link to give rating to a firm and told him he will to deposit Rs 32,000 which the man did. He was now asked to check his profit/earnings in his e-wallet where he found Rs 55,000. The victim then transferred Rs 50,000 to the woman’s account. But, she said that the man would have to pay again because of certain technical fault in the link. The victim again sent Rs 55,000.
On May 17, the man put Rs 48 lakh in bank account numbers that the woman had given him and finished all tasks that she gave through the links. His profit amounted to Rs 60 lakh in the wallet. The woman asked him to pay another Rs 30 lakh, if he wanted to get Rs 60 lakh from wallet to his account, . On May 18, the victim in several transactions, transferred Rs 76 lakh to accounts that the woman had given.
The man asked the woman about it, when he failed to get cash even after completing all reviews and making every payment. But, the woman asked for more cash. He then went to the police and filed an FIR. The cops found cash was transferred to eight accounts of banks in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
The police said, “According to FIR a total of around Rs 1.27 crore is the cheating amount. The crime was committed between February and May of 2023.” The police have frozen eight bank accounts used by the suspect.
