Online fraud: woman cheated of Rs. 46 lakh

Online fraud: woman cheated of Rs. 46 lakh

Mangalore Today News Network

Manipal May  08, 2015: In a case of online fraud, a woman lost Rs. 46 lakh trying to get her “gift”.

In a complaint lodged with the Manipal police, Metilda Hilda D’Souza, a resident of Perampalli near Manipal, said that she was working in Israel when someone named Taylor Mike befriended her through a social networking site. Taylor told her that he had sent a Christmas gift to her and had paid for it.

She later received a call and an email from the delivery service informing her that her parcel had been held up at Customs and she should pay $ 900 to clear it.

Accordingly, Ms. D’Souza sent the amount and later, the same company asked her to transfer $2,800 and $ 3,700 to an account belonging to Nelly Wayne.

She did as she was instructed. About six months ago, Ms. D’Souza returned to India and she transferred Rs. 1.4 lakh to the account of another alleged agent Augustine Dean on the company’s directions.

She kept on transferring money as demanded by the company and she transferred Rs. 46 lakh.

Circle Police Inspector Srikanth told The Hindu on Thursday that about a week ago, Ms. D’Souza received the parcel but the company told her not to open it.

When she opened it on May 4, she found that it was full of paper pieces.

Ms. D’Souza lodged a complaint on May 6.

“She had even mortgaged her gold ornaments worth about Rs. 10 lakh to get the parcel,” he said.

A case has been registered under Sections 66 (A), (C) and (D) of the Information Technology Act, 2008, and Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code at the Manipal Police Station and investigation is on, the police added.

 

Courtesy: The hindu