The complainant contacted on the cell numbers provided for the fake company wherein the fraudsters who picked up the call on the other end and offered him to provide goods/services at low costs. Enticed by the offer, the complainant made online payment of Rs 16 Lakhs. However, on receipt of the money, the complainant was not able to contact the company again. Upon realizing that he was cheated by fraudsters through the above fake web portal, the complainant approached Cyber Police Kashmir Zone, Srinagar for redressal of his grievance.
The matter was taken up with bank authorities to ascertain the details of transactions. During analysis of transactions, it came to fore that the said hefty amount has been transferred through RTGS payment. Likewise, the banking authorities were made to refund the whole amount into the complainant’s bank account.
As per the Cyber Police spokesman, Cyber Police Station, Kashmir has redressed large number of social media and financial fraud-related complaints and in the current year and an amount of approximately Rs 1.50 crore was prevented from being swindled.
