Pune: A senior accountant of a private college near Wakad and an employee of an engineering firm collectively lost Rs49 lakh in online share trading and task frauds. Separate complaints were registered with the Wakad police on Saturday. An officer from the Wakad police said the senior accounts executive (61) with a private engineering and management college near Wakad received a call on September 16 from an unknown woman.
She offered him good profit on investments in IPOs and block trading in the stock market. "The woman then sent the victim a link to download her firm's app for trading," he said. The officer said the senior accounts executive transferred Rs43.
79 lakh to different bank account numbers provided to him. "When he tried to withdraw his money, he was not allowed," he said. The officer said the woman eventually stopped responding to his calls and duped him.
"The victim filed a complaint with the cyber police. After the preliminary investigations, the case was registered on Saturday," he said. In the other case, a 31-year-old resident of Chakan working in an engineering company in MIDC lost Rs5.
21 lakh to cybercrooks in May. They sent him a text message and offered him a part-time job. "The victim was added to a group on a mobile messenger app and was given a few tasks.
After he completed them, he was given Rs310 through two transactions," an officer from the Chakan police said. He said the victim was then offered good money if he invested in prepaid tasks. Between .
