A homemaker in Mangaluru lost over ₹3 crore in an online fraud over 20 days this June after cybercrooks threatened her that her husband will be arrested for making fraud calls and sending suspicious links to public.
The complainant told the Mangaluru City Cybercrime, Economic Offences and Narcotics police that she received a call on June 5 from an unknown person claiming to be an inspector with the National Crime Records Bureau. He told the complainant that her husband had bought a new SIM card and made fraud calls as well as sent suspicious links to the public.
The call was then transferred to the Sahar police station where one ‘Inspector Mohan Kumar’ spoke to the complainant and got her personal details. Later, the call was transferred to ‘Public Prosecutor Deepak Venkataramana’ who obtained her bank account details on the pretext of examining the accounts.
Asking her to send money, the caller threatened her with the arrest of her husband and told her not to reveal the issue to anyone.
Accordingly, the complainant transferred ₹3,16,52,142 in a phased manner from June 10 to 27 to different accounts. When the woman did not receive any further call or message from the accused, she informed her children.
The CEN police have registered a case and are investigating.
Resident loses ₹6.5 lakh
A resident in Mangaluru Rural police station limits lost ₹6,50,801 in an ‘online task’ fraud during the last week of June. He was given a part-time job from home on WhatsApp and on responding, the complainant was given different tasks to perform.
On performing the given tasks, he was paid meagre amounts and was asked to pay higher amounts in return for higher payable tasks. Accordingly, the complainant paid the money on June 25 and 26 to different bank accounts only to realise that he has been cheated. The Mangaluru Rural police have registered a case and are investigating.
Medical job scam
A medical professional in Kankanady Town police limits was cheated to the tune of ₹4,20,062 in the guise of a job offer in a Dubai hospital between June 6 and 17.
One Sangeetha called the complainant over phone about an opening in the hospital on June 6 and mailed the details. Later, the complainant was asked to pay for registration, profile verification, DHA license, NOC etc., and the complainant paid all the amount. When the accused further demanded ₹2.62 lakh, the complainant grew suspicious and informed the police.
The Kankanady Town Police have registered a case and are investigating.
Published – July 05, 2025 10:26 pm IST
