Two persons from Coimbatore were cheated of a total of ₹71,29,000 after they fell into the traps of cyber fraudsters.
In the first incident, a 76-year-old man from Ramanathapuram in the city, who is a retired engineer of the BSNL, lost ₹59.4 lakhs.
The septuagenarian received a call from an unknown person, who impersonated a CBI officer and told him that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against him at the Andheri police station in Maharashtra, for having been involved in money laundering activities with one Naresh Goyal.
The impersonator demanded the elderly man’s bank account details for investigation and the latter shared them with him. The impersonator transferred ₹59.40 lakhs from the bank account and cheated him. The defrauded man lodged a complaint with the Coimbatore city cybercrime police, based on which a case was registered on Thursday.
In the second incident, a 43-year-old man from Nava India in the city lost ₹11.89 lakhs after he used a fraudulent mobile app for investments in the stock market.
As per the complaint received by the police, a woman advised the complainant to download a mobile app for stock market investments. The fraudsters assured him that he would get higher profits for investments.
The complainant invested a total of ₹11.89 lakhs through the app, which showed that he earned a balance of ₹15 lakh. When he attempted to withdraw the money, the fraudsters persuaded him to invest more. Unable to withdraw the money, he lodged a complaint and an FIR was registered on Thursday.
The police are investigating the two cases.
Published - January 31, 2025 06:43 pm IST
