Maha Woman seeking Rs one lakh loan loses over Rs 14 lakh in online fraud
Thane Dec 22 PTI A 22-year-old woman who wanted to take a loan of Rs one lakh was allegedly cheated by two persons to the tune of over Rs 14 lakh by posing as executives of a finance company police said on Wednesday The victims father who was a business head with a reputed company in the city had deposited around Rs 18 lakh into her bank account after his retirement Out of this the woman had spent Rs 1 lakh for personal reasons which she wanted to replenish an official of Naupada police station said Therefore she decided to take a loan of that amount On July 24 she received a call from a man who posed as a representative of a private finance company and offered to provide loan to her When she agreed he asked her to make a payment of Rs 2600 as processing fees which she did he said Later despite providing the details the loan processing was not complete When she contacted another man told her that the previous agent was down with coronavirus infection and he would handle her case henceforth That man also told her that the loan needs to be reprocessed and asked her to transfer money on several occasions He also said that the payment would be refunded to her later the official said The amount that she lost this way was Rs 1447 lakh which she paid between July and September Later she realised that she has been cheated and then approached the police A case under IPC section 420 cheating has been registered against the accused who identified themselves as Raj Kunde and Anjuman Shau based on the complaint lodged by the woman on Monday PTI COR NP NP
Thane Dec 22 PTI A 22-year-old woman who wanted to take a loan of Rs one lakh was allegedly cheated by two persons to the tune of over Rs 14 lakh by posing as executives of a finance company police said on Wednesday The victims father who was a business head with a reputed company in the city had deposited around Rs 18 lakh into her bank account after his retirement Out of this the woman had spent Rs 1 lakh for personal reasons which she wanted to replenish an official of Naupada police station said Therefore she decided to take a loan of that amount On July 24 she received a call from a man who posed as a representative of a private finance company and offered to provide loan to her When she agreed he asked her to make a payment of Rs 2600 as processing fees which she did he said Later despite providing the details the loan processing was not complete When she contacted another man told her that the previous agent was down with coronavirus infection and he would handle her case henceforth That man also told her that the loan needs to be reprocessed and asked her to transfer money on several occasions He also said that the payment would be refunded to her later the official said The amount that she lost this way was Rs 1447 lakh which she paid between July and September Later she realised that she has been cheated and then approached the police A case under IPC section 420 cheating has been registered against the accused who identified themselves as Raj Kunde and Anjuman Shau based on the complaint lodged by the woman on Monday PTI COR NP NP
