A 22-year-old girl was allegedly scammed out of Rs 1 lakh by a web based scammer on the pretext of providing her a job at Axis Financial institution. The sufferer on this case filed a criticism with Pimpri Police Station and an FIR was filed on Tuesday.

Police stated the applicant acquired calls in April this yr from an unidentified particular person claiming to be linked to a recognized job portal. He allegedly requested the complainant to switch cash to particular financial institution accounts for functions resembling “registration, deposit, laptop computer, workers fee, GST charges” to be able to get the job. The lady transferred Rs 1,07,000 as per the scammer’s directions. However when she did not get the job, she went to the police and filed a fraud report.

Police have charged the unidentified on-line scammer on this case beneath Part 420 (Fraud) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections of the Data Know-how Act. They’re investigating the cellular phone numbers utilized by the scammers to name the girl. Police Inspector Rupali Bobade is investigating the case.

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