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1 2 3 4 Pune: Cybercrooks cheated a 30-year-old executive of a filtration tech firm of Rs 39.7 lakh between Nov last year and Jan after the former wooed him to invest in a fake online betting game. The victim, who is a mechanical engineer, made as many as 319 transactions to different UPI IDs provided to him.
The Kothrud police registered a case on Wednesday. According to the police, he believed that he was placing bets in the game while transferring money. An officer from the Kothrud police said according to the victim, in Nov last year, he received a message on his mobile messenger app about a gaming platform.
He clicked on the link and registered himself. "The platform was for a popular online betting game where a virtual plane takes off and players have to cash out before it crashes. The longer the plane stays in the air, the player earns more on the bet.
However, central govt has banned this game in our country," the officer said. He said the victim was not aware that he was connected to a fake online gaming platform . After registration, he was told to start betting and crooks gave him different UPI IDs to transfer the amounts.
"He started placing bets ranging between Rs 1,000 and Rs 30,000 by transferring money to the UPI IDs," he said. The officer said initially, after a few transactions, the victim got some returns, which was done to gain his confidence. "Later, he went on to make more and more transfers totaling Rs39.
70 lakh between Nov last year and Jan. When he tried to withdraw money several times, it was not allowed," the officer said. Pune: Cybercrooks cheated a 30-year-old executive of a filtration tech firm of Rs 39.
7 lakh between Nov last year and Jan after the former wooed him to invest in a fake online betting game. The victim, who is a mechanical engineer, made as many as 319 transactions to different UPI IDs provided to him. The Kothrud police registered a case on Wednesday.
According to the police, he believed that he was placing bets in the game while transferring money. An officer from the Kothrud police said according to the victim, in Nov last year, he received a message on his mobile messenger app about a gaming platform. He clicked on the link and registered himself.
"The platform was for a popular online betting game where a virtual plane takes off and players have to cash out before it crashes. The longer the plane stays in the air, the player earns more on the bet. However, central govt has banned this game in our country," the officer said.
He said the victim was not aware that he was connected to a fake online gaming platform. After registration, he was told to start betting and crooks gave him different UPI IDs to transfer the amounts. "He started placing bets ranging between Rs 1,000 and Rs 30,000 by transferring money to the UPI IDs," he said.
The officer said initially, after a few transactions, the victim got some returns, which was done to gain his confidence. "Later, he went on to make more and more transfers totaling Rs39.70 lakh between Nov last year and Jan.
When he tried to withdraw money several times, it was not allowed," the officer said..
