Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
A 47-year-old woman from Viveknagar joined Whatsapp group to invest her total saving of ₹ 73. 7 lakh on shares and IPO in a US Based company .
Little did she realized that she was victim of the fraud as she was removed from the whatsapp group after she tried to withdraw the money from her wallet.
Based on the complaint by Danielle Julianne Dcosta, the police have registered a case under IT Act and also under impersonation and cheating for further investigations.
Ms.Danielle in her complaint said that she was introduced to “KKR group”,a US based share company through her instagram account and promised to get shares and IPOs of reputed companies on concessional rates .
The accused even lured her that the shares can get her instant high returns in minimum time period and offered her to join the exclusive whatsapp group of investors .
Excited by this Danielle joined the group and invested all her total savings worth Rs.73.7 lakhs in different dates between January to March.
The cheating came to light when she submitted application online to withdraw her investment following which she was removed from the group.
Shocked victim tried to get into the group and tried to reach the admin but in vain. She shared her ordeal with friends and realized that she had been cheated .
A senior police officer part of the investigation said that despite knowing people trust online investment and lose their hard earned money.
