65-year-old loses Rs 9 lakh in online fraud
Bagish Jha | TNN | Mar 13, 2019, 07:12 ISTGurgaon: A 65-year-old man was allegedly cheated of Rs 9 lakh by a gang on the pretext of offering him the dealership of a US-based medicine company.
“Belick Fernandez, who introduced himself as the owner of a biotechnology company in US, contacted me through a social media site in May 2018. He informed me that they were looking for a distributor and asked me if I was interested to which I agreed,” said Mohanlal Sharma, a resident of Rajender Park.
Fernandez then asked Sharma to contact one Pooja Nadar. “She first asked me to deposit Rs 1 lakh and then another Rs 2 lakh for the hiring process,” Sharma said.
Like this, Sharma was made to deposit Rs 6 lakh more. In December, Sharma realised that he had been cheated and filed a at the cyber police station. An FIR was registered under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC and IT Act on Monday. TNN
“Belick Fernandez, who introduced himself as the owner of a biotechnology company in US, contacted me through a social media site in May 2018. He informed me that they were looking for a distributor and asked me if I was interested to which I agreed,” said Mohanlal Sharma, a resident of Rajender Park.
Fernandez then asked Sharma to contact one Pooja Nadar. “She first asked me to deposit Rs 1 lakh and then another Rs 2 lakh for the hiring process,” Sharma said.
Like this, Sharma was made to deposit Rs 6 lakh more. In December, Sharma realised that he had been cheated and filed a at the cyber police station. An FIR was registered under Section 420 (cheating) of the IPC and IT Act on Monday. TNN
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