Ghaziabad: A 30-year-old accountant with an MNC was cheated of Rs 6.4 lakh by fraudsters on the pretext of social trading.
The accused contacted Amit Saxena on his WhatsApp number and asked him to subscribe to YouTube channels, for which he would get Rs 50. Saxena initially subscribed to 25 channels in a day and got good returns.
He was then lured into investing in social trading.
“They contacted me on WhatsApp on April 7 with a work-from-home offer and said all I had to do is to subscribe to YouTube channels. Three days later, on April 10, they asked me to trade on a cryptocurrency exchange platform,” Saxena, a resident of Nandgram, said.
Initially, Saxena invested cautiously. “They made me register on a cryptocurrency trading website and assigned me a UPI ID. I earned good returns for the first few investments of Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 9,000. Then I invested Rs 3.55 lakh and the earnings in his trading account reached Rs 6.4 lakh. When I tried withdrawing the amount, the platform restricted me. It mentioned that I must deposit another Rs 5.5 lakh,” he said.
Realising he was cheated, Saxena submitted a police complaint.
DCP (city) Nipurn Aggarwal said an FIR in the matter was registered against unknown persons under IPC section 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust). “Investigation has been started and we are also taking help from the cyber cell,” the officer said.
The accused contacted Amit Saxena on his WhatsApp number and asked him to subscribe to YouTube channels, for which he would get Rs 50. Saxena initially subscribed to 25 channels in a day and got good returns.
He was then lured into investing in social trading.
“They contacted me on WhatsApp on April 7 with a work-from-home offer and said all I had to do is to subscribe to YouTube channels. Three days later, on April 10, they asked me to trade on a cryptocurrency exchange platform,” Saxena, a resident of Nandgram, said.
Initially, Saxena invested cautiously. “They made me register on a cryptocurrency trading website and assigned me a UPI ID. I earned good returns for the first few investments of Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 9,000. Then I invested Rs 3.55 lakh and the earnings in his trading account reached Rs 6.4 lakh. When I tried withdrawing the amount, the platform restricted me. It mentioned that I must deposit another Rs 5.5 lakh,” he said.
Realising he was cheated, Saxena submitted a police complaint.
DCP (city) Nipurn Aggarwal said an FIR in the matter was registered against unknown persons under IPC section 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust). “Investigation has been started and we are also taking help from the cyber cell,” the officer said.
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