Cyber Fraud: In different cases of cyber fraud in Noida, cases of cyber fraudsters defrauding lakhs of rupees have come to light. Police is investigating all the cases. Police said that unknown cyber thugs, posing as bank employees, withdrew Rs 2 lakh 52 thousand from the account of a resident of Sector 20. Sector 20 police station in-charge Inspector DP Shukla said that Sector 20 resident Sanjay Kumar Vashney lodged a report in the police station that he called the Bank of India on October 9. When he could not get in touch, he took the helpline number of the bank from ‘Google’ and called. After this, an alleged bank employee talked to him and made him talk to his assistant.
Cheated of Rs 1 lakh 19 thousand
Vashneya told that she had to transfer the money from her account to her son’s account. Cyber thugs made Vashney download an app and meanwhile, Rs 2,52,000 were withdrawn from his account at different times. The police station in-charge said that on the complaint of the victim, the police is investigating the matter by registering a report of the incident. In another case of cyber fraud in the National Capital Region (NCR), unknown cyber thugs cheated a youth of Beta-2 police station area of Rs 1 lakh 19 thousand.
Police investigating the case
Beta-2 police station in-charge Inspector Munendra Kumar Singh said that Abhijeet Bakshi lodged a report in the police station that he had sent a courier to Gurugram. After this he got a call from a person who said that the PIN code is not working on the address where your courier has been sent. He told that the accused asked Bakshi to pay Rs 5 online, saying that he would send the courier quickly. The victim fell into his trap and as soon as he paid Rs 5 on the link sent by him, the cyber thugs withdrew Rs 1 lakh 19 thousand from Bakshi’s account several times. He said that the police have registered the incident report and are investigating the matter.
Fraud of Rs 2 lakh 35 thousand in the name of job
In another case of cyber fraud, unknown cyber thugs cheated a youth resident of Sector 126 police station area of Rs 2 lakh 35 thousand in the name of part time job. Sector 126 police station in-charge Inspector Subodh Kumar said that a person named Deepak Chauhan lodged a report that unknown cyber thugs connected him to ‘Telegram’ app in the name of part-time job. He got some benefit in the initial phase. But gradually cyber thugs duped him of Rs 2,35,000 several times. He said that on the complaint of the victim, the police is investigating the matter by registering a report of the incident.