Mangaluru woman loses Rs 19 lakh in cyber fraud; CEN Crime Police file case
Mangaluru: A 37-year-old woman is reported to have lost Rs 19.06 lakh in an incident of online fraud, where she downloaded a mobile phone application and invested money through it for two years.
Mangaluru CEN Crime Police have filed a case and are investigating the matter.
The woman, on receiving a message with an advertisement for investment opportunities, is said to have searched for the website and downloaded an APK file from there. She registered through the application and provided details related to her bank account. The application reportedly provided her with details about various companies, which prompted her to invest her money.
The application is learned to have asked for Rs 1 lakh as minimum investment, but did not set a maximum limit of investment. The woman went by the rules and investment up to Rs 19.06 lakh in phases, starting January 2024.
As she received partial returns of maximum Rs 1 lakh till January this year, the woman trusted the application further, as regards investment. Later, however, she reportedly found her bank account to be blocked.
On enquiring with the bank, she realized that she had been duped of her money and approached Mangaluru CEN Crime Police, who registered a case based on her complaint and are probing the incident.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
