The 84 -year -old professor of Indore cheated cyber thugs by cheating Rs 1 crore 70 lakh by pretending to invest in the stock market. The thugs deposited the money 10 times in nine different accounts from the professor. Despite the warnings of banks and police officers, Professors were not ready to accept cheating.
By Anurag mishra
Publish date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:52:02 pm (IST)
Updated date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:52:02 pm (IST)
Highlights
- The thugs lured the stock market investment.
- The accounts of the thugs have been freeze.
- Cyber ​​thugs looted Rs 1.7 crore.
New Duniya Representative, Indore. The 84 -year -old professor, who came in the pretense of big profits from investing in the stock market, was defrauded by cyber thugs of Rs 1 crore 70 lakh 45 thousand. The thugs deposited this amount in nine accounts in 10 times.
On Tuesday, when he went to the bank to withdraw Rs 36 lakh, the bank manager warned the professor, but he did not agree. On this, the bank manager informed the additional DCP of Crime Branch on the phone.
ADCP also refused to obey
- The ADCP went home and explained to the professor that the cyber thugs were cheating them, they should file a complaint with them, but the professor was not ready to accept the fraud. The elderly professor who was a victim of cheating is a resident of Scheme number 94 in Indore city.
- He was a professor at Kothari College, Indore, after retiring from the responsibility of the principal at the Ordnance Factory School in Bhandara, Maharashtra. On Wednesday, he lodged a complaint of cheating on the police help line.
Bank accounts freeze of thugs
According to Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotia, preliminary investigation has found that the bank accounts in which the amount has been withdrawn belongs to different states. These bank accounts have been immediately freezed. Efforts are being made to reach the thugs.
Such cheating
- A call from an unknown person came on the professor’s mobile a few days ago. He called his name Aryan Anand and lured himself of big profits from investing in the stock market, calling himself an advisor of the trading company. He added the professor to a WhatsApp group with trading advice.
- The members of this group used to share the slip of investment and screen shots of investment. Professors also agreed to invest. For this, the thugs sent him a link to stock.mscl-vip.top and installed an app.
- The professor also gave partial benefits on the initial one or two investment to take confidence. The professor who came in the bluff kept sending money to the bank accounts as stated by the thug. The thugs kept assuring them that they would get the profit of the amount of investment, but finally shut down their mobile numbers.
Doctors and businessmen become victims of cheating
- This is not the first case of cheating from a professor in Indore by pretending to have manifold profits on investment in the stock market. Last month, cyber criminals have cheated Rs 3 crore 8 lakh from a doctor in the city.
- The doctor was cheated through the online trading app webul. Five months ago, a hotel businessman in the city was also cheated for Rs 4 crore 85 lakh.
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