Cyber fraudsters have cheated an architect to the tune of Rs 12 crore in the name of investment in the share market. This is the biggest personal cyber fraud ever in Noida. The fraudsters committed the crime by downloading the app. An FIR has been registered in the cyber crime police station and investigation has been started.
In the complaint given to the police, the architect and consultant engineer, resident of Sector-47, said that on October 17, Kiara Sharma had messaged him. Kiara, who described herself as an investment consultant, had talked about earning profits by investing in the stock market. There was a conversation between the two. The victim was taken in by his words. On this the woman added the architect to the WhatsApp group.
The woman added the victim to the group and sent him the link. As soon as the link was clicked an app was downloaded. About a month later, on November 17, he was removed from that group and joined another group. Many people were investing in the share market. Along with this, they were also posting screenshots of the profit after investing the money. After this he also started investing as per the suggestion given. Initially, the cyber fraudsters returned their invested money by doubling it.
Later, he deposited Rs 11.99 crore in the said account several times. When he asked to withdraw the money, a demand of Rs 17 crore was made from him in the form of tax etc. When he refused to pay the money, he was thrown out of the group. ADCP Cyber Shaivya Goyal said that an FIR has been registered in this matter and investigation has been started on the accounts in which the money was sent.
Big cases of fraud in Noida
Incidents of cyber crime are continuously coming to light in Noida-Greater Noida. In most of these cases, fraud is being done in the name of investment. Before the cyber fraud of Rs 12 crore, a businessman was cheated of Rs 9 crore in the name of investment. A retired army officer has been digitally arrested and the investigation into fraud of more than Rs 5 crore is going on. Recently, an incident of fraud of Rs 6 crore also came to light. More than 18 cases of fraud of Rs 1 to 5 crore have come to light in Noida in one year. At the same time, cyber fraud of more than Rs 16 crore was committed by tampering with the server of Nainital Bank.
Fraudsters doing cyber fraud by giving training in WhatsApp and Telegram groups
According to police officials, cyber fraudsters cheat people of lakhs by adding them to WhatsApp groups and after giving them training and information there. For this, people are being marked and suddenly added to the group. They are being cheated in the name of investment, review etc. Apart from the Nigerian gang, many gangs are active in this type of fraud. Cyber fraudsters commit crimes after taking data of people of Noida and NCR and finding out their financial condition.
cyber awareness tips
- Before investing, please check the authenticity of the website and app.
- If possible, always invest only in the stock market authorized by the Government of India and monitored by SEBI.
- If you get any offer through Telegram or through any social media platform to earn more money in the share market by investing in less time, then be careful.
- Don’t get trapped in the name of any big company, fraudsters are committing fraud in the name of big companies.
(Note: As told by cyber expert former IPS Dr. Triveni Singh.)
