Woman loses Rs. 5.6 lakh to online fraudster

Mysuru: A fraudster, who befriended a woman on Facebook, has cheated her to the tune of Rs. 5.6 lakh.

The victim is a resident of Gokulam. The fraudster, who befriended the woman, introduced himself as a doctor in UK.

He later told the woman that he was sending a gift to her and had also sent a video of the gift parcel. Later, a total of Rs. 5.6 lakh was taken from the woman in phases to get the parcel released, thus cheating her.

A case has been registered at city’s CEN Police Station.