Man duped of Rs 8 lakh on pretext of investment for high returns

In the same way, further tasks were given and a total of Rs 7.92 lakh was invested, but neither the profit was received, nor the money invested was returned, Singh said in his complaint to the police.A case was registered against unidentified fraudsters at cybercrime police station East on Monday in connection with the matter, police said, adding investigation is underway.

A man was duped of about Rs 8 lakh on the pretext of investment for high returns, police said on Tuesday.

Sumit Singh, a resident of the Sector 47 area here, filed a complaint with the police stating that he received a message on his mobile number on April 11 from a woman who said that he will earn Rs 2,000 per day by doing a part-time job.

“The caller told me that I have to like and subscribe to videos on Instagram. For this, there will be a profit every day and then she added me to a Telegram group and took my personal details including bank account for registration,” as per the complaint.

“Initially, I got Rs 180 on an investment of Rs 150 and I was asked to invest Rs 1,000 and the caller claimed that I will get Rs 1,900 back. In the same way, further tasks were given and a total of Rs 7.92 lakh was invested, but neither the profit was received, nor the money invested was returned,” Singh said in his complaint to the police.

A case was registered against unidentified fraudsters at cybercrime police station (East) on Monday in connection with the matter, police said, adding investigation is underway.