Cyber crime: Senior citizen duped of Rs 7 lakh

An 82-year-old South Mumbai based man was cheated of Rs7 lakh by a cyber fraudster who spoofed the email-ID of his friend and requested him to send money citing that he was in dire need of money.

Based on victim Kishor Sheth's complain, the Gamdevi Police have lodged an FIR and is probing into the case.

According to the police, Sheth received an email purportedly from his friend Haresh Sheth on May 23. The mail requested Sheth to transfer a sum of Rs7 lakh. Unaware of email spoofing, the unsuspecting victim arranged the money and deposited in the bank account which the fraudster had provided in the mail. "He then called his friend informing him of the transfer. However, the victim was shocked to learn that the email was not sent by him, neither has he received any money. On verifying the email address, it was revealed that the email id was fake," said a police officer.

The victim immediately lodged a complaint with Gamdevi police and an FIR was registered under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act.

EMAIL SPOOFING

Sheth was cheated of Rs7 lakh by a cyber fraudster who spoofed email-ID of his friend and requested him to send the amount in his bank account