Cyber Fraud: Odisha Man Loses Rs 1.4 Lakh Through Fake Facebook Advertisement

Bhubaneswar: Next time you go through any advertisement on social media platform Facebook on attractive offers regarding any sale and purchase of articles, make sure you do not get trapped in the net of a cyber criminal. A man lost Rs 1.4 lakh to cyber fraud after he got trapped in an attractive offer through an advertisement on the social media platform on Tuesday.

The victim went through an advertisement regarding sale of a bullet (two-wheeler vehicle). He followed the procedure prescribed in the advertisement and paid the amount to purchase the vehicle. Later, he realised that he fell prey to cyber fraud after the money was debited from his account through online transaction.

He has lodged a complaint with police as well as cyber help desk in the Capital City.

The fraud took place a day after a city-based woman fell prey to a similar racket and lost Rs 2.58 lakh to fraudulent online transactions on her credit cards. The matter came to light after she lodged a complaint with police cyber help desk.

The complainant, Itishree Kanungo alleged that she got a call from the imposter who introduced himself as bank official to deactivate the insurance policies purportedly activated in her name and the premium of which would be charged from her credit cards if she does not deactivate it at once.

Later, the caller asked her to share the bank account and card details. When she completed the procedure, she was shocked to know that Rs 2.58 lakh was spent from the card in four back to back transactions.

Similarly, a youth from Saheed Nagar area in the city was also defrauded of Rs 53, 000 by the cyber fraudsters.