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Chandigarh: Phone scammer dupes CRPF personnel of ₹1 lakh
A CRPF personnel based in Chandigarh was duped of ₹1 lakh by a phone scammer posing as his cousin who lives abroad
A CRPF personnel was duped of ₹1 lakh by a phone scammer posing as his cousin who lives abroad.
Surinderjit, a resident of CRPF camp, Hallomajra, told the police that on December 14 last year, he received a WhatsApp call from the man, who claimed to be calling from Canada. He asked for his bank account number to transfer ₹15.7 lakh and shared a payment receipt for the amount.
But after sometime, through another phone call, the caller asked him to transfer ₹3.5 lakh to the bank account of one of his acquaintances whose mother was unwell.
Trusting that he would be receiving ₹15.7 lakh soon, Surinderjit transferred ₹1 lakh to the said bank account, but never got the promised ₹15.7 lakh, following which he approached the police.
On his complaint, police have booked the unidentified caller under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code at the Cyber Crime police station, and launched a probe to trace and arrest the scammer.
