| Jammu man duped of Rs 60 lakh by cyber fraudsters, case registered | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 21: In a case of 60 lakhs cyber fraud committed by posing as traders across the country and cheating by laying honey-trap, Crime Branch Jammu registers a formal case against the accused persons for duping the complainant to the tune of Rs 60 Lakhs.
As per press statement, it states the complaint Nirmal Singh son of Gurmail Singh resident of House No. 51, Sector No. 03 Nanak Nagar Jammu to the tune of Rs 60 Lakhs. The complainant was lured by fraudsters through one of his facebook friend namely Ortz Nancy to enter into a business of Icheku Reserve Oil, costing Rs. 1,56,000/- per litre which according to her was urgently required by the US Army and by this way they both would profit immensely.
Initially, the complainant was told by the accused to contact some Agro Herbal Oil Company in Mumbai to purchase two litres of the oil for sample purpose for which the accused agreed to make payment of one litre herself to the tune Rs 1,56,000 and for the other litre the complainant had to pay himself. The complainant was induced so much that he was made to believe that the Mumbai based Company is constantly receiving payment for the supply of 173 litres of oil from the accused persons, so he was made to make rest of the payments for procuring the said oil.
Later the complainant deposited money to the tune of Rs 60 lakhs in various Bank accounts of accused persons. The complainant was also made to believe that one of the accused is visiting the complainant at Jammu, who was purportedly detained by Custom officials at IGI Airport, New Delhi, for which the complainant was made to pay a huge amount for the release of the so-called officials of Agro Herbal Oil Company.
On the basis of the complaint Crime Branch Jammu, took cognizance and initiated an enquiry and established that the complainant was actually cheated by an organized gang of cyber fraudsters on the pretext of supplying Icheku Reserve Oil, for the so-called US Army and was duped to the tune of Rs 60 lakhs. Case has been registered and the investigation has been set in motion. |
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