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| Internet lottery scam of Rs 4 Million Euro Court directs Crime Branch for investigation | | |
JAMMU, JUNE 29
In its first kind of complaint in Jammu and Kashmir regarding internet lottery scam, complainant Gurcharan Singh resident of Simbal Morh RS Pura filed a complaint in the Court of Munsiff Magistrate RS Pura against foreigners and Indians through Advocate Monish Chopra seeking investigation u/s 420, 467, 468, 471 RPC and Information Technology Act.
Taking cognizance of the complaint the Court forwarded it to the Crime Branch for investigation.
In the complaint it has been submitted that while assessing his email, the complainant came across mail from Swiss lottery which stated that you have won 4 Million Euro in an internet lottery in which email address was picked by software powered by the internet through the world wide website. The complainant contacted Richard Forves, the agent, through mail and telephonically and gave the details required by them. The said agent sent another email that the Board of Directors has approved the funds and the Swiss national lottery award has been deposited at the bank and the fund is ready to be transferred to the account of the complainant The payment was asked to be made through any of local western union office to cash receiving officer Peter James of Calle Portal De Villarreal Victoria Gasteiz, Madird Spain. It was made clear that as soon as charges required is confirmed the first transfer of funds (1Million Euro) will be remitted to the account of complainant from the bank in 24 hours. The complainant then sent the said amount of $ 1,350 ie Rs 54, 371 in Indian currency to the account of Shree Sahjanand ICICI Bank, Branch Zaveri Bazaar Branch.
It was further stated that the complainant received another email from the agent asking for paying Rs.89, 765 Indian rupees. The complainant then arranged the money and sends the said amount on the name of Romha Kar Rental ICICI Bank Branch Mulund. He further submitted that he was advised to make other part payment of Rs 89,915 to the account of Romesh C Gupta ICICI Bank.
The complainant now understood that he had been cheated and has been trapped in an international racket being run by highly professional, cheats, frauds. The malafide intention of the accused became clear to the complainant when the accused neither handed over the award amount nor refunded the money received from the complainant. The accused persons had prepared false and fabricated concocted documents with criminal intention by resorting to deceitful means for their wrongful gains and prayed for seeking direction to the crime branch to register a FIR against accused persons and investigate the matter so that the accused can be dealt and punished under law.
Munsiff Magistrate, after hearing the Adv Monish Chopra for the complainant, forwarded the complaint to Incharge Crime Branch Jammu to investigate the case under law in terms of section 156(3) Cr PC.
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