If you also turn to matrimonial sites to search for a partner, then read this news once again. Visiting matrimonial sites in search of a life partner proved costly for a young man.
Amidst the sweet talks of love and marriage, a cyber fraudster named Niharika laid such a trap that the young man lost Rs 49 lakh within 15 days.
Victim Abhishek Chaudhary, a resident of Vaishali, told the police that he came in contact with a girl named Niharika through a matrimonial site. The message came on WhatsApp on 18th September and the conversation started on 20th September. To win trust, the girl told that her family does real estate business in Jalandhar and Delhi-NCR. During the conversation, he told Abhishek about Forex trading and encouraged him to invest.
Fraud in the name of investing in dollars:
The girl sent Abhishek several links for trading and got him registered. He lured people with the promise of higher profits and asked them to start with $500. When Abhishek could not make the payment directly in dollars, the swindlers gave him a ‘beneficiary account’ through Telegram.
The accused claimed that this account would convert Indian rupees into dollars. Abhishek first transferred one lakh rupees. After this, in the greed of profit, Rs 10 lakh was sent on 8th October, Rs 15 lakh twice on 15th October, Rs 13 lakh on 16th October and Rs 10 lakh on 2nd November to the accounts given by the accused. In this way around Rs 49 lakh were defrauded.
The moment the tax was asked, the truth was exposed:
Abhishek was being shown huge profits in his wallet on Hentech Markets trading app. When he did not get the money back, he realized he had been cheated and filed a case.