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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber Crime police arrested 2 individuals, consisting of one international nationwide from the Ivory Coast for ripping off of Rs 1.22 crore on the pretense of sending out a present parcel.
The charged have actually been recognized as Bakayoko Lassina (34 ), a local of Ivory Coast currently remaining in New Delhi and also Shoma Purkayastha pen names Shoma, a local of Delhi and also a local of Meghalaya.
According to police, they rotated right into activity after a problem was gotten from a local of Hyderabad that got a good friend demand from an individual on social media sites that presented himself as a medical professional fromScotland “The accused person Bakayoko Lassina opened the fake account on social media and sent a friend request to the people randomly for friendship. The complainant who is a resident of Hyderabad accepted friend requests and daily chatted on social media as well as WhatsApp,” police stated.
The police additionally notified that later on the charged notified the plaintiff that he is sending out a present parcel containing gold jewelry, rubies and also various other posts.
A couple of days after Lassina outlined the present parcel, a lady called the sufferer over the phone and also presented herself as an authorities of the customizeds division. On the pretense of a clearance charge for the present parcel, she accumulated some quantity. Later, on various pretenses, the lady was cheated right into moving a quantity of Rs 1.22 crore to the scammers, police stated.
“After receiving the money, they would then proceed to avoid the complainant’s calls and messages,” police included.
On a problem, an instance was signed up and also the duo were reserved under Section 66 (c) (D) of the Information Technology Act and also Sections 419 and also 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The charged were located to New Delhi and also were detained, police stated.
After a program of the probe, the police took 20 Pass Books, 8 Cheques Books, 9 Cards, 12 Mobile phones, 4 Dongel, 4 Simcards, one Laptop and also 3 ID cards.
