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In separate cyber fraud cases, three people duped of 21L
Lucknow: Three cases of cybercrime were reported in the state capital on Friday, wherein the victims were defrauded of a total of Rs 20.93 lakh through online trading scams, rental fraud, and fake customer service calls.
According to cyber police officials, Sumit Tandon, a businessman from Bag Tola in Chowk, reported that he received a WhatsApp message last month from a trading platform named 'Iron FX International Group' offering lucrative returns on investment. Trusting the promise of high profits, he transferred Rs 10.5 lakh to the scammers before realising it was a fraud. In another case, 92-year-old Jagdish Chandra Kukreti, a resident of Sector J in Aliganj, uploaded an advertisement on the real estate platform MagicBricks to rent out his house.
On May 28, he received a call from a man claiming to be NSG commando Ashish Kumar Pahadi, who expressed interest in renting the property. Under the pretext of sending advance rent, the caller tricked Kukreti into sharing his account details and siphoned off Rs 5.38 lakh.
A third victim, 70-year-old Krishnakant Trivedi from Shalimar Vista in Gomtinagar Extension, was duped on June 30 by a fraudster impersonating a PNB bank customer care executive. The caller obtained Trivedi's confidential banking information and withdrew Rs 5.05 lakh from his account. "We have once again urged the public to exercise caution and verify identities before sharing financial information online," said Brajesh Yadav, inspector, Cyber Crime Police Station.
