Scamsters ask charity, swindle Rs 15 lakh from two

Falling prey to phishing, two persons including the wife of a bank manager, deposited around Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of fraudsters.
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HYDERABAD: Falling prey to phishing, two persons including the wife of a bank manager, deposited around Rs 15 lakh in the bank accounts of fraudsters. The email senders had reportedly lured the victims by stating that they wanted to send money towards charity in India.In the first case, the daughter of an electrician, Akram, received an e-mail from a stranger claiming to be a resident of London. The person claimed in the mail that they wanted to spend about 8 million pounds towards charity and offered to give the money to the girl. Falling into the trap, the girl shared her phone number in the mail.

She was then contacted by a man from Delhi, claiming to be the agent of the London-based person. He directed the girl to deposit money towards processing fees and income tax clearances. Akram deposited Rs 4.7 lakh in three various bank accounts provided to him, but the money that was promised never came.
A distressed Akram then lodged a complaint. In another case, wife of a bank manager received an e-mail with an offer of 12 million pounds. The woman deposited around Rs 10.5 lakh in the bank accounts. However, when the promised amount did not land up in her account, she lodged a complaint with the cyber crime police.

During probe, cyber crime police of Rachakonda commissionerate managed to freeze the bank accounts but the money was already withdrawn.A cyber crime official said, “The calls received by the victims have been traced to Delhi, but the bank accounts provided belonged to Chennai, and the money was withdrawn from ATMs in Delhi.”

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