Pune: A farmer from Ravet became the latest victim of online share trading fraud and lost Rs12.4 lakh to cybercrooks between June and July, this year. The farmer (35) filed a complaint with the cybercrime cell of Pimpri Chinchwad police.
A case was registered with the Ravet police on Wednesday after preliminary investigations. An officer from the Ravet police said the farmer came in contact with the cybercrooks on a social media platform. They offered him a good profit to trade in IPOs.
“The men told him to download an app to trade and monitor the profit. The farmer transferred Rs12.4 lakh to accounts of different bank as provided to him,” the officer said.
He said when the farmer tried to withdraw money through the app, he failed to do so — even after repeatedly following up with the crooks. “The farmer realised he had been duped. He approached the police and lodged a complaint,” the officer added.
Over the last one month, a 54-year-old resident of Hinjewadi lost Rs12.8 lakh in an attempt to recover Rs2 lakh he had invested in the share market through an online trading application between April and May this year. Meanwhile, cybercrooks collectively duped seven people from Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad of Rs1.
3 crore in online shares trading frauds between October last year and July. We also published the following articles recently 2 techies lose Rs1.53cr in online share trading frauds Two software engineers in Pune were swindled out of Rs1.
53 crore in a fraudulent online share trading scheme. They were promised high returns and directed to transfer money to multiple bank accounts. The crooks manipulated a screen software to show fake profits and demanded more money under the guise of taxes.
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61cr in trading fraud An advocate from Naroda in Ahmedabad has accused three family members of defrauding him and six others out of Rs 1.61 crore, promising lucrative returns from options trading. The Detection of Crime Branch has filed an FIR against the individuals, charging them with breach of trust, cheating, and conspiracy.
The investigation is currently ongoing..
