Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Posing as a citizen of London, a conman targeted a woman bank employee and duped her of Rs 48,500, police said here on Saturday.
The crook had contacted the woman through a WhatsApp call and later befriended her. Additional DCP (zone-1) Vinod Kumar Meena informed Free Press that according to the woman’s complaint, she was employed with a nationalised bank in the city. She received a call from an unidentified number and the caller introduced himself as George from London.
They became friends and started talking on the phone. The woman said in her complaint that the man had told her he would reach India on January 6 to meet her.
On January 6, she received a call from another unidentified number. The caller posed as an officer of a law enforcement agency.
He informed her that her friend George was detained as he was involved in a money laundering case and asked her to send money for his release. She transferred Rs 48,500 to a bank account given by the caller.
After a few minutes, she received another call and was told to transfer Rs 86,000 more as the investigation had already started into the case. This time, the woman became suspicious so she did not make another payment and lodged a complaint with the cyber helpdesk of zone-1.
ADCP Sharma said that the bank account to which the money was transferred was being operated from Gurdaspur in Punjab and the accused would be arrested soon.
