GURUGRAM: A Gurugram resident was allegedly duped of Rs 7 lakh by a cyber fraud, who posed as his friend and persuaded him to transfer the money, police said here on Thursday.
He said that an FIR has been registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station.
According to the complaint lodged by Sector 67 resident Vakul Mittal, the fraudsters on Wednesday made phone calls and targeted his father posing as one of his father’s old friends.
“A man called my father on WhatsApp, who turned out to be his very close old college friend living in Australia. He completely imitated his talking style and got 7 lakh rupees assistance from my father which he wanted to transfer to the account of a relative in India who needed it urgently,” Mittal said in his complaint.
He said that in order to gain his father’s trust, the man said that he could transfer some Canadian dollars to his account, as he was facing some difficulty in sending money directly to his relative.
“He requested my father for a canceled check and immediately shared a transfer slip of Rs 26 lakh. My father then transferred the money to the account number given to him,” read the complaint.
Mittal said his father was confused as to why Rs 26 lakh was sent to him, which was much more than the amount transferred by him to a “relative” and consulted him.
This is when I woke up to cheating, he said.
Following Mittal’s complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC and section 66-D of the Information Technology Act.
Investigating officer Inspector Naresh Kumar said, “We are verifying the details of the case and action will be taken as per law.”
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