Online Fraud: Online fraudsters keep trying new methods continuously. If you make even the slightest mistake, these fraudsters do not spend even a minute in clearing your account. Now a person from Maharashtra has been cheated of more than Rs 1.88 crore by spreading the network of share trading. This person, who ran coaching classes in Thane district, was trapped by creating a WhatsApp group. Fraudsters trapped him by luring him into share trading.
Won trust by adding to WhatsApp group
Police said on Wednesday that the coaching class operator was added by fraudsters to the WhatsApp group ‘Stock Vanguard (F)’ in March. There were about 170 members in this WhatsApp group. Information related to the stock market kept coming in this group. According to the police, the information coming in the group gradually started appearing credible to the coaching class conductor. After this he invested small amounts of money in many shares. After this he was added to another group ‘Stock-Vanguard-VIP’.
Fake SEBI certificate was also shown
The complainant told the police that three people who identified themselves as Isha, Divya and Raj Rupani contacted him. To win his trust, all three also showed him a ‘SEBI certificate’. Also said that he can earn huge profits by investing through an app called ‘Seenven/IC Services’. The victim fell into this trap and invested more than Rs 1.88 crore.
Everyone disappeared after asking for money back
After this, when he asked for his money back, he stopped getting answers. Officials said that a case has been registered at Vitthalwadi police station under section 420 (cheating) of IPC. No one has been arrested yet in this case.
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