Despite continuous awareness campaigns by Chhattisgarh Police, people are falling prey to cyber fraud. The latest case has come to light from Rakhi police station of Nava Raipur, where fraudsters carried out two incidents of online fraud. The fraudsters have defrauded two people of a total of Rs 32,99,057. In both the cases, a crime has been registered at Rakhi police station in Nava Raipur.
The first victim Paras Dhiwar is a resident of village Nimora. The victim was fraudulently lured by an unknown Telegram user on July 20, 2024. The fraudster lured Dhiwar and his friend to work online, resulting in embezzlement of Rs 24,12,871 from their bank accounts. This fraud took place in various bank accounts between July 23 and August 13, 2024.
PWD Deputy Engineer made victim
In a separate incident, the thugs made PWD department Deputy Engineer Chamanlal Sahu their victim. Chamanlal Nava lives in Sector-29 of Raipur. The victim told that his mobile SIM suddenly stopped working on September 24. When he contacted the customer service, he was told that he would have to get an e-SIM. He went to the Jio store in Mandir Hasaud and gave his Aadhaar card, but he got the information that his Aadhaar biometric has been locked.
To unlock the biometric, Sahu went to the Aadhaar Seva Kendra of the Tehsil office, where he was told that this process would take 11 days. On October 9, he went to Raipur Pandri Shyam Plaza Aadhaar Seva Kendra and got the biometric unlocked and on October 10 again went to the Jio store and started banking and phone pay service. Then he came to know that another number has been updated on his Aadhaar.
On October 14, when he updated his number with Aadhaar from the banking service, he faced a problem in starting PhonePe and received a message of wrong UPI. After resetting the UPI PIN, when he checked the balance, he found only Rs 5 out of Rs 7,83,072 in his SBI account and only Rs 597 out of Rs 1,03,716 in his Union Bank account. The unknown person had withdrawn the amount by doing UPI fraud between September 24 and October 7.
Teacher cheated of Rs 22 lakh by luring him to invest in the stock market
A teacher living in Kota area became a victim of online fraud of Rs 22 lakh. The teacher was lured with double profits on stock market investment. He fell into the trap. After that, money was deposited in his account in different installments in two years.
During this time, the fraudsters kept showing him double profits in a fake app. When the teacher tried to withdraw the money, the fraud came to light. After the teacher’s complaint, the police have registered a case of fraud. Police officers said that Kota resident Hemant Banjare is a teacher in Manendragarh. Two years ago, a link came on his mobile.
