COIMBATORE: Coimbatore city cybercrime police on Monday registered a case against online fraudsters for cheating the general manager of a warehouse to the tune of Rs 3.25 crore.
In his complaint filed with city cybercrime police on Monday, N Srinivasan, 52, of Prabhu Nagar at GN Mills Post in Coimbatore said last month he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number about online trading classes. The online trading classes by ‘Skyrim Capital’ used to be held between 2pm to 3pm and 8pm to 9pm.
Investors can earn around 300% profit on every investment. A man named Gunal Singh, who had taken the online classes on trading, told the people who were attending the online classes that he would send a weblink to them. A mobile application named 45.skyrimc.com would be downloaded on their mobile phone.
Srinivasan opened a demat account by using the weblink. He invested Rs 2.67 crore by using the mobile trading platform in multiple transactions from January 14 to February 6.
The online fraudsters created an exclusive wallet for Srinivasan. The wallet showed a balance of more than Rs 5 crore in the account. Srinivasan believed that the wallet was a true one. He was asked by online fraudsters to join the VVIP quota after adding at least ten members.
Srinivasan made his friends and family members invest in the trading firm of Rs 35.5 lakh. When Srinivasan asked them to return the invested amount to him, they demanded Rs 39 lakh to release it to his account. He came to know that he was cheated by online fraudsters. He requested the city cybercrime police to take necessary action to get back Rs 3.25 crore he lost.
Based on his complaint, cybercrime police sub-inspector S Suganya registered a case against online fraudsters under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.
Further investigations were on.
In his complaint filed with city cybercrime police on Monday, N Srinivasan, 52, of Prabhu Nagar at GN Mills Post in Coimbatore said last month he received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number about online trading classes. The online trading classes by ‘Skyrim Capital’ used to be held between 2pm to 3pm and 8pm to 9pm.
Investors can earn around 300% profit on every investment. A man named Gunal Singh, who had taken the online classes on trading, told the people who were attending the online classes that he would send a weblink to them. A mobile application named 45.skyrimc.com would be downloaded on their mobile phone.
Srinivasan opened a demat account by using the weblink. He invested Rs 2.67 crore by using the mobile trading platform in multiple transactions from January 14 to February 6.
The online fraudsters created an exclusive wallet for Srinivasan. The wallet showed a balance of more than Rs 5 crore in the account. Srinivasan believed that the wallet was a true one. He was asked by online fraudsters to join the VVIP quota after adding at least ten members.
Srinivasan made his friends and family members invest in the trading firm of Rs 35.5 lakh. When Srinivasan asked them to return the invested amount to him, they demanded Rs 39 lakh to release it to his account. He came to know that he was cheated by online fraudsters. He requested the city cybercrime police to take necessary action to get back Rs 3.25 crore he lost.
Based on his complaint, cybercrime police sub-inspector S Suganya registered a case against online fraudsters under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.
Further investigations were on.