Cyber crimes are on the rise. Scammers are duping innocent citizens of their hard earned money through social media, SMS and even through fake websites. Recently, a man lost 14 crores by falling prey to Danger on tinder.
According to a report by the Financial Express (via South China Morning Post), the victim is a 55-year-old Italian man who lives in Hong Kong. She developed a romantic relationship with an impostor who was impersonating a female investment broker in Singapore.
Gaining their trust over time, the impersonator convinces the victim to sign up to a fake trading website to invest in digital money. “The victim was told that investing in digital money can fetch good returns,” the report quoted him as saying.
Eventually, the person transferred a total of 14.2 million Hong Kong dollars, roughly more than 14 crores, in nine different bank accounts.
The incident is of March this year. Police are now investigating the matter as “obtaining property by deception” – an offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison under the Theft Ordinance.
Recently, a woman MNC executive in Gurgaon was allegedly duped of more than 76 lakh through online fraud, who promised high returns on a part-time job. The work was easy. Police said on Wednesday that he was asked to rate films on a mobile app.
As per the complaint filed by the victim, Divya, she had created an account on Bitmaxfilm.com, an online app, and deposited a lot of money.
On February 25, a New Colony resident received a message on Telegram from a woman named Meera. Meera offered him a part time job.
Two days later, he started receiving messages on WhatsApp from a woman who introduced herself as Tejashwi. He told her that her job was to rate movies on the app and asked her to register herself on Bitmaxfilm.com and start rating.
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