Since February, the Borivili police have been on the lookout for a woman who had allegedly cheated a Hyderabad doctor of Rs85,000 through an online lottery fraud.
Since February, the Borivili police have been on the lookout for a woman who had allegedly cheated a Hyderabad doctor of Rs85,000 through an online lottery fraud.
The police said Nagma Shaikh had duped Dr Bidrahali Wadiraja by sending him an e-mail stating he had won a lottery worth $3.4 million (about Rs14 crore).
In his complaint, Dr Wadiraja said Shaikh had mentioned an account number in the e-mail where she had asked him to deposit Rs85,000. This amount, she said, was the processing fee to realise the winner’s amount.
“The e-mail mentioned details of an account in a Bank of Baroda (BoB) branch in Hyderabad and directed the receiver to deposit the amount as the processing fee,” said police inspector Ramdas Sarak.
Dr Wadiraja deposited the amount and waited for the lottery money, which, the e-mail assured him, would be credited in his account within a week. However, when the money did not get credited, the doctor approached the BoB branch. He found that the money he deposited was transferred to an account at a BoB branch in Borivili.
Despite the police having the details of Shaikh — her photograph and other documents that she had provided to the bank while opening the account — their search till now has not been fruitful.
However, during investigations, it was found that the Versova address given to the bank was fake and Shaikh was living in Mira Road. But police failed to locate her even there. According to the police, a similar case was registered in Andheri and Worli and they suspect that Shaikh has several associates operating with her. “The group might have duped many other people,” said Sarak.
The police feel the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC) would be better equipped to deal with the case. However, Mukund Powar, inspector, CCIC, said, “We are there to provide technical help. But such cases have to be registered at the police-station level.”
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