Palghar man loses Rs 15.8 lakh to fraudsters on gaming app

A Palghar man allegedly lost Rs 158 lakh to cyber fraudsters on an online gaming application the police said on FridayBased on a complaint the police on Wednesday registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act an official told PTIThe Palghar man has alleged that the accused contacted him in December last year and lured him to play an online game assuring him of lucrative returns he saidThe Palghar man played the game with Rs 158 lakh but did not get any returns and could not contact the accused He soon realised he had been cheated and approached the police the official told PTIIn another case a 47yearold man from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 46 lakh by fraudsters posing as officials from the Mumbai cyber police who threatened to register a case of money laundering and drugs against him police said on Friday reported PTIThe police on Thursday registered a case under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act against four persons an official said reported PTIAs per the complaint the accused allegedly posed as officials of the Mumbai cyber police and contacted the victim a resident of Nerul on WhatsApp claiming that they had received a complaint of money laundering and drugs against him he said reported PTIThe accused demanded money from the complainant to avoid a police case and he transferred Rs 46 lakh to different bank accounts between April 10 and 15 the official said reported PTINo arrests have been made so far and a probe has been initiated he saidMeanwhile a 40yearold man from Maharashtras Thane city lost nearly Rs 38 lakh in a sharetrading scam an official said on Friday reported PTIIn his complaint to the ShilDaighar police the man said he was associated with a sharetrading platform between February and MarchThe man who works for an aviation company said he invested some money and saw his profits rise to Rs 94 lakh When he tried to withdraw the profits he was told to deposit a certain sum with the company reported PTIIn all he shelled out Rs 377 lakh the official said However those communicating with the complainant stopped responding after receiving the money reported PTIRealising that he had been duped the man approached the police the official said adding that a case was registered on ThursdayWith inputs from PTI