Cyber criminals lured a senior citizen into their net and cheated him of Rs 2.5 crores. A case has been registered in the Cyber Police Station.
The victim a senior citizen has been identified as Moti Kishanchand Dularamani (78). While he was handling his mobile phone at home, a stranger sent him an advertisement about the stock market through Facebook. It said that 15 to 20 percent profit would be given if he invest in the stock market. when Dularamani showed interest in this, the accused sent him a link. From that, the accused made him join Stock Frontline WhatsApp group.
The associates of the accused in the WhatsApp group asked Dularamani to create a D-Mat account with the lure of profit. Between November 11, 2023 and January 8, the accused sent him fake links for buying and selling shares. Dularamani invested Rs 2.75 crore. The accused returned Rs 26.31 lakh to him in the name of stock market profits. However, when Dularamani tried to withdraw the remaining amount, the amount did not come out. When he contacted the other members of the group and the accused, he was told that he would have to recharge his D-MAT account. Dularamani realized that he had been cheated.
The accused cheated them of a total of Rs 2 crore 58 lakh 69 thousand. He informed his family about this. After that, on his complaint, a case was registered against the unknown accused in the cyber police station.