Engineer was defrauded of 11 crores by cybercriminals who pretended to be an ED officer

Cyber ​​thugs have targeted a tech engineer in Bengaluru. Cybercriminals have cheated the engineer of 11 crores. Police have arrested a total of three people in this case. Police said that the criminals came to know that the engineer had invested 50 lakhs in the stock market which has now become 11 crores.

Muskan Kumawat
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Engineer was defrauded of 11 crores by cybercriminals who pretended to be an ED officer
Engineer was defrauded of 11 crores by cybercriminals who pretended to be an ED officer

Incidents of cyber fraud are increasing in different areas of the country. Meanwhile, information about cyber fraud has come to light from Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. In this case, an engineer has been made a victim of digital arrest due to the fraudsters. The fraudsters have cheated the engineer of 11 crores rupees.

In this case, the police so far arrested three accused. The matter is being investigated. The fraudsters first called the engineer and introduced themselves as Customs and ED officers, after which they cheated him of about 11 crores rupees. The matter is being investigated.

The police investigating the case said that the accused somehow came to know that the man's name is Vijay Kumar and he is an engineer in a tech company and he has invested about 50 lakh rupees in the stock market and this has increased to 11 crores.

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