These days, online frauds are increasing in the state. People are falling prey to such thugs. There have been many cases of online fraud from the police station areas of Raipur. A businessman has fallen victim to online fraud in the capital’s civil line police station area. A woman has cheated 27 lakh 96 thousand rupees from the businessman through an online trading app. A crime has been registered against the victim’s complaint Aadhaar unknown woman.
The victim Mohinder Pal Singh Khurana said that he runs a shop called Amrit Trading. He told that she had a friend request with an ID named Riya Arora on Facebook. After that the woman took her mobile number and approached him through WhatsApp period and started talking.
During this time the woman sent a link to an online trading app and pretended to profit. Mohinder Pal downloaded the app and according to the instructions mentioned, transferred a total of Rs 27 lakh 96 thousand 428 from two different bank accounts. 5 lakh 42 thousand 808 rupees were transferred from HDFC Bank in five times and 22 lakh 53 thousand 620 in different accounts from Axis Bank. When tried to withdraw money, the money did not come out. Then he came to know about fraud.
Lose Rs 9 lakh in the stock market due to the greed for profits
About Rs 9.08 lakh has been cheated by Manish Jain, resident of Ashoka Ratan of Raipur, on the pretext of more profit in the stock market. The victim has lodged a complaint in the police station Pandari. According to Manish Jain, he was added to two different groups on WhatsApp. Heavy returns were assured for investing in the group. The group administrator gave the process of investment by downloading a mobile app.
The victim invested Rs 11.32 lakh between September 27 to 18 November 2024. In the initial transactions, he was returned to about Rs 2.23 lakh as a profit, causing his confidence, but after that he was removed from the group and the Langin was also closed from the app.
Fraud in the name of online taxi booking
In the Ganj police station area of Raipur, 80 thousand 190 rupees were cheated in the name of online taxi booking with a young man. The victim has filed a complaint in Ganj police station and cyber cell. The victim said that on July 11, he searched the number to book taxi from the car rental in Aurangabad website. The person who described himself as Alok Agarwal on Kaal asked him to pay an advance payment of Rs 149 on the Krishna Cars Rentals portal.
During the payment attempt, it was asked to share the screen by adding a technical problem on Googul meat. The next day on July 12, he disconnected the phone after seeing OTP on Google Meat, but during this time, Rs 80,190 was deducted from HDFC Bank’s credit card. The victim gave immediate information to the bank, but instead of holding the amount, the bank posted the card and posted the payment. The victim has also filed a complaint of negligence of the bank in the case.
