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How the gullible computer literates are caught in ‘Net’
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: The use of Internet and the online way to cheat appears to be taking deeper roots with victims from many cities - big and small - across the nation falling prey to tricksters.
According to investigating officers, initial inquiries with the victims showed that the money lost may be running into a few crores of rupees. A glance at the complaints with the Central Crime Branch police, a wing of the Chennai Police, gives an impression that computer literates such as software professionals are the most affected group.
Many of them have fallen prey to e-mails, which say that they have won a lottery worth several million Pounds or a BMW car. Such cases have come to our notice, says Commissioner of Police G. Nanchil Kumaran. Other police officers say such e-mails should be ignored.
The modus operandi of the trickster(s) is to tempt the victims with such announcement. For instance, the mail, after conveying its greetings, would ask for the choice of colour of the BMW car, the winner wished to have.
When a person returns the mail mentioning the colour and other details, the trickster will instantly woo the victim to deposit, say Rs. 1 lakh or Rs. 2 lakh or even more in some Indian bank account to facilitate them to pay the Customs duty and other taxes on arrival of the gift.
According to police estimates, several hundreds of people across the country have responded to such e-mails. Within a period of just six months, it has come to light that the tricksters - mostly Nigerians have allegedly received and withdrawn anywhere around Rs. 2 crore deposited by several such victims. The victims belonged to Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Erode, Pudukottai, Vellore, the police say.
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