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A citizen of Gopalganj, who worked as a supply officer in Africa, got cyber fraud.
Victim complained to SP in online public hearing, police registered FIR in police station
The victims are residents of Hajiyapur in the city police station area, appeal to avoid cyber fraud
Report- Govind Kumar
Gopalganj. If you invest money in the stock market, then this news is for you. Cyber thugs are extorting huge amounts of money from people by creating fake apps of the company. A similar case has come to light in Gopalganj. Cyber thugs have created a group on Instagram and cheated a citizen of Gopalganj, working in Africa, of Rs 15 lakh in the name of international trading. On Saturday, the victim reached the cyber police station and complained about this in the online public hearing of the Superintendent of Police.
After listening to the complaint of the victim, Superintendent of Police Swarn Prabhat, taking the matter seriously, directed Cyber Police Station Head cum DSP Dilip Avantika to immediately register an FIR in this matter. Also asked to recover the victim’s money. Following the instructions of the Superintendent of Police, the cyber police station has registered an FIR and started investigating the matter.
15 lakh rupees were cheated in three times
Anil Kumar, resident of Hajiyapur village of Nagar police station area, told that he is a supply chain officer in Africa. A group was formed on Instagram, whose name was Wells Capitals Group. He was lured into international trading. When they initially investigated, they found that the company looked exactly like the original. He told that for the first time he invested Rs 5 lakh on January 15. After that, on January 18 and 30, he invested Rs 5 lakh each, but later the money increased to Rs 93 lakh. When he tried to withdraw the cash, the money did not come into his account and he came to know that he had become a victim of fraud.
take these precautions
-Download any app only after seeing its review.
-Install apps only from trusted companies.
-Check thoroughly before doing business transactions.
-Do not invest money through unknown Telegram groups.
-If it has been done then lodge a report in the police station.
-Complain on the website www.cybercrime.gov.in.
This is how online fraud is done
Cyber DSP Avantika Dilip says that cyber thugs have created an app, website and company to deceive people in the name of investing in a training company. They pose as representatives of well-known companies and approach people for investment. To trick people, cyber thugs show them the website of a fake company. Seeing this, people trust the trading company. Then cyber thugs ask them to open their account. After this the game of cheating starts.
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Tags: Bihar News, Gopalganj news
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 23, 2024, 20:00 IST