Thane: Cybercrook siphons off Rs 5.30 lakh from Thane man's account who was studying abroad

Thane: Cybercrimes are rising at an alarming rate where fraudsters are duping people in the blink of an eye by new methods and techniques.

Another shocking incident of cybercrime came to light where a Thane man, who was a student of Dublin University in Ireland, was duped of Rs 5.30 lakh by the cyber fraudster. The man came to Ireland earlier this month on September 2.

It was on September 23 when the victim, identified as Mandar Kotnis, got a phone call from a person who claimed to be an Irish official.

While commenting on the episode, an official from the Chitalsar police station added that the victim was told that hackers could easily siphon off money from his account as he had watched some site that is prohibited in the United States of America.

The caller thereby directed him to transfer the money to



his account in order to save himself from the fraud. Kotnis, unaware of his evil intentions, followed his advice and transferred the amount to his account.

However, after transferring the hefty amount, he realised he has lost Rs 5.30 lakh to the scamster, as per the media reports.

Following the incident of fraud, the victim's mother approached the cops and lodged a complaint. A case was registered against the unidentified person under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Information Technology Act.

In another similar incident reported from Maharashtra, a 21-year-old youth was duped to a tune of Rs 39,000 by cyber scamsters. The two accused impersonated as Army officials and tricked the youth into transferring the hefty amount. Reportedly, the youth was cheated after he had posted an advertisement to sell his cycle online.