Gurugram. Cyber thugs defrauded a person of Rs 5.5 lakh in the name of getting a loan. The swindlers got a loan of Rs 8.5 lakh from three different banks against the documents of the person. After this, citing excess loan amount by mistake, he transferred Rs. 5.5 lakhs to his accounts. The fraud came to light when we received calls from banks for EMI.
Kalu Singh, resident of Ashok Vihar Phase 3, told the cyber police that he works in a private company. Recently he met an unknown person at a shop. He offered to get a loan by giving his number.
When Kalu called on that number, the accused asked for documents and talked about loan approval of Rs 3 lakh. After this, Rs 7 lakh 74 thousand were sent to Kalu’s bank account.
After receiving the amount, the accused told Kalu that by mistake, Rs 5.5 lakh more had come into his account and he should return it to his bank account. After this, the accused fraudulently transferred this amount to his accounts. After a month, he received calls from three banks to pay the EMI, then he came to know about the fraud. Cyber police have registered a case on Wednesday and started investigation.
