A Hubballi resident has been duped of over ₹ 5 lakh by online fraudsters.
According to complainant Pramod Pralhadrao Kulkarni, the fraudster contacted him through Sangam Matrimony and made him believe that he had a parcel from London, for which he had to pay various charges.
The fraudster, whose name the complainant has given as Mohammed, claimed to be a resident of London and told the complainant that he had to pay various charges for delivery of the parcel at his residence.
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The fraudster along with another courier agent spoke to him over WhatsApp voice call and then via normal call in Hindi and got ₹ 5,15,549 transferred from his Corporation Bank account to their accounts in SBI and IDFC First Bank.
After no parcel was received and the persons remained incommunicado, Mr. Pramod Kulkarni filed a case with the Cyber Crime Police of Hubballi-Dharwad who have now registered a case.