Mysuru: In separate cases, three persons from city have lost a total of Rs. 39.54 lakh to online fraudsters.

In the first case, a stranger called a student  of Netaji Nagar in the city over phone on Oct. 8, spoke to the student about drug trafficking and told  that he would connect the call to Delhi Police Station.

Meanwhile, another fraudster, who made a WhatsApp video call to the student told him that he has been accused in human trafficking, money laundering and Rs. 8 crore cheating cases.

They then told the student that they want to legalise the money in his name, got Rs. 7.18 lakh transferred from him, thus cheating the student.

In the second case, a 58-year-old resident of Bogadi, who was searching for stock trading               process and procedure on the internet, received a message on his WhatsApp asking him to download a mobile app.

The fraudsters then got the man invest a total of Rs. 19.56 lakh in phases and also shared the profit he had earned. When the man tried to withdraw the money, he received a message which stated that his credit score was less. The man then realised that he has been taken for a ride.

In the third case, an employee of a private firm at Bhyraveshwaranagar in city received a message from an unknown person and his mobile number was later added to a WhatsApp Group.

The man who was going through the profit received messages shared by others in the group. fell prey to it and in a bid to make money, he clicked on the link sent in the group and opened a trading account.

He then invested a total of Rs. 12.80 lakh and a few days later his trading account showed that he had earned Rs. 53 lakh as profit. But when he tried to withdraw the money, he was asked to pay Rs. 18 lakh as tax. He then came to know that he has been cheated.

All the three cases have been registered at city’s CEN Police Station.