Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
Cyber frauds posing as friends online cheated a 50-year-old woman working in Muscat twice for seven long years and made away with Rs.50 lakh .
The victim identified as Vasantha,resident of RT Nagar on Saturday has filed a complaint with the North Division Cyber Crime police seeking help to get back her money .
In her complaint,the victim said that while working in Muscat she came in contact with two people online who introduced themselves as Max Newtown and Frank from UK.
After several rounds of chatting,the duo offered to send her expensive gifts in the form of wrist watch Jewelery, handbag and cosmetics shipping from UK to Muscat.
The victim said further said that someone claiming to be from customs called to inform that a consignment in her name was stuck in the customs for clearance and forced her to pay a total sum of Rs.40 lakh online to get the parcel released in 2016 .
The victim said she realized later that she had been duped by Max and Frank and tried to reach them .
Meanwhile another man identified as William met her on instagram and offered his help to track down the accused and get her money back.
The accused also said that he would charge fee for his help and forced her to transfer Rs.10 lakh online on December 20,2023 and escaped .
In another incident a 51-year-old woman fall prey to online trading not only invested her saving but also convinced her husband to invest his life saving to get good returns.
The police have registered a case of identity theft under IT act and also under cheating after the couple their life saving worth Rs.83.5 lakh.
The victim,Nandini Vijaysimha,resident of Malleshwaram said that she noticed an advertisement on online trading on Instagram and contacted the number to check the details out of curiosity in November 2023 .
The caller identified herself as Jessica explained the quick returns on online investment and asked her to download the app.
After following the instructions Ms.Nandini initially invested Rs.10,000 and immediately saw a returns of Rs.2,000 in her App Account .
Excited by this,Nandini not only invested Rs.17 lakh from her account but also convinced her husband Chandrashekhar Haniyoor to invest his life saving of Rs. 66,54,000 .
Soon after the transfer of funds when they were no communication from the other side,the couple realized that they have been cheated and approached the police .
