Retired Govt Employee Duped Of Rs. 38.73 Lakh In Facebook Sextortion Scam
Hyderabad, June 18 (Maxim News): A retired government employee lost Rs. 38.73 lakh to the cyber fraudsters who conned him into paying money on pretext of medical treatment and then after threatening with a POCSO case.
According to the police, the man, aged 70 years, received a friend request on Facebook from a person claiming to be a woman and he accepted it. the persons then told the man that they hail from a poor family and asked him to pay Rs. 10,000 for arranging a wifi connection for continuing the online conversations. After a few days, the fraudsters collected over Rs. 10 lakh from him on the pretext of medical treatment.
A few weeks later, the fraudsters threatened the elderly man on pretext of chatting in inappropriate manner with a minor girl and introducing themselves as policemen and sub inspectors collected several lakhs from him. After paying Rs. 38.73 lakh to the fraudsters, the man approached the police and made a complaint.
On a complaint, the Cybercrime police registered a case and are investigating. (Maxim News)
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