Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: Crime Branch Jammu has booked some cyber fraudsters for luring and cheating victim on the pretext of marriage proposal.
A criminal case has been registered against accused Atom Roy, son of Bimal Roy of Mahi Nagar, Malda, West Bengal, Zahir Hussain , son of Dabar Hussain of Tushar Apartments, Arunachal Hatiara WB, Hazrat Ali, son of Shahid Miya of Barua of Bihar (A/P Okhla Phase-2 Delhi), Sartaj Hussain , son of Akbar Hussain, resident of Tushar Apartment, WB, Vinay Kumar, son of Hem Raj, resident of Indira Kalyan Vihar, South New Delhi, Huinu, wife of Mangginhao of Khoken, Manipur and others for their involvement in cheating the complainant by hatching criminal conspiracy and duping her of Rs 4,37,400 on the pretext of luring her in their trap with a marriage proposal.
A written complaint was lodged by the victim, living in Jammu, who was approached by suspect Dave Kumar on Instagram and proposed her for marriage. After a couple of days, the suspect sent her a parcel and its fake tracking details. After sometime she received a call purportedly from a Customs Officer namely Atom Roy about her parcel and told her to give Custom duties of Rs 45,500 to claim the parcel. On verifying from Mr Dave about the parcel, he told her to pay immediately as it contained valuable items and she paid accordingly. Next day, she got a call from fake Custom Officer that a parcel was containing currency (100,000 pounds) inside it. On this she again got it verified from Mr Dave and he asked her to do as the Custom people would tell her to do as he wanted his parcel to reach her safely.
Then she was sent e-mail regarding Anti-Money Laundering Certificate for which she had to pay Rs 1,18,900 again she got mail from Foreign Remittance Department, RBI, for which she had to pay Rs 2,73, 000. Then she called upon International Bank Services Srinagar who told her stop immediately as it is a scam.
In this manner the gang of fraudsters duped the complainant of her money to the tune of Rs 4,37,400 by fraudulent means thereby causing wrongful loss to her and wrongful gain to themselves.
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