A 35-year-old cyber expert lost Rs 12 lakh to a Facebook friend who lured him with the promise of a fortune. While he suspected the other person at every step and even consulted his lawyer friends and a CA, he was told that the process was genuine. The complainant then himself dug deep to establish that he had been conned and filed a police complaint. 

The Bandra resident, who works for a software company and has had association with the police over cybersecurity, used to chat with a Facebook friend since 2018. The friend claimed that he worked as a manager of a bank in Dubai.