Conman posing as childhood friend cheated senior geologist to the tune of Rs.45,000 on pretext of Medical emergency

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

Posing as childhood friend conman cheated senior geologist and made away with Rs.45,000 citing help for medical emergency.

Based on the complaint by Dr. Ishfaq Ahmed Mir, working in Geological Survey of India in KS Layout,the south division cyber crime police are trying to track down the accused through online transaction details .

In his complaint Dr.Mir said that she came across an FB ID of his childhood friend identified him through the picture.

After chitchat the accused said that he is based in Australia on January 18.

Few hours later he contacted Dr.Mir seeking financial help for a medical emergency as his driver met with an accident in Mumbai need money immediately for his treatment. He also said that since he is in Australia he could not transfer the money immediately .

Dr.Mir agreed to help and transferred the money to the given number. The cheating came to light recently when Dr. Mir discussed this issue with his other friends on January 30 who informed him that he has ben conned.