Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two persons have been cheated of over Rs. 15.04 lakh by online fraudsters in city.
In the first case, 38-year-old C. Ravindra, a resident of JSS Layout 2nd Stage, who came to know one Mahati via online, was cheated of Rs. 13.82 lakh by the latter on the pretext of providing Ravindra a part time job.
Mahati, who told Ravindra about the part time job, informed him (Ravindra) that if he deposits money and fulfil the tasks given to him, he would receive commission, interest and also bonus which would be double the money he had deposited and got Rs. 13,82,529 transferred from Ravindra but did not provide the job, thus cheating him.
In the second case, fraudsters, who called one Dharanesh of K.R. Mills Colony on his mobile phone, told him that his (Dharanesh) debit card was blocked and sought the card details from Dharanesh to unblock the card.
But as soon as Dharanesh gave all the details of his debit card, a total amount of Rs. 1.22 lakh was withdrawn from his Bank account.
Both the cases have been registered at city’s CEN Police Station.
This post was published on December 4, 2022 6:32 pm