BHOPAL: Cyber Cell registered a fraud case on the basis of complaint lodged by a government employee that he was duped of Rs 4.5 lakh for job in foreign countries. However, when the victim reported matter to cyber cell, he got his money back in his bank account.
AIG cyber crime cell, Shailendra Singh Chauhan said that the victim, on condition of anonymity, lodged a complaint of online fraud with cyber cell and told that he is a government employee. Recently he uploaded his resume on the website on the basis of an advertisement on a website about job placement in foreign country.
After few days, he received a phone call from the website and he was told that he can get job there easily. The person who called the victim on behalf of website gave him a mobile number to make further communication if he is interested.
The victim then called on the given mobile phone and during conversation, he was assured of good placement in UK but for this he was asked for the registration process. In the name of processing fees, the victim deposited the asked amount of Rs 50,000. Later when victim enquired about job from the website through phone call and e-mails, he was asked to deposit more money as bio-data processing fee. Assuming every instalment as last, the victim deposited cash of Rs 4.5 lakh in website’s bank account but even then he didn’t get job.
Realizing fishy in entire affair, the victim reported the matter with cyber cell. Later when cyber cell started their probe and mounted pressure on the accused, in order to avert from being caught, the miscreants deposited all the money which they had duped from the victim in his bank account. The probe is on for the arrest of miscreants.
