Udupi: Man loses Rs 9.78 lakh in online fraud over fake gas bill message
Udupi: A case of online fraud has been registered at the Udupi CEN Crime Police Station after a man was cheated of nearly Rs 9.78 lakh through a fake gas bill message.
The complainant, Ravidas Raghavendra Nayak from Kadiyali, received a call on March 17 from an unknown person claiming that a gas bill of Rs 20 was pending. The caller asked him to clear the bill.
He later received a WhatsApp message regarding the alleged pending bill along with an APK file. When Ravidas clicked on the file, money was fraudulently transferred from his multiple bank accounts.
A total amount of Rs 9,78,036 was transferred to another account without his knowledge, according to the complaint.
Police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.
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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.
