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Lko: Lure of web deals in Army garb con 2 more

| Monday | 1st April, 2019

Similarly, Vibhor Agarwal of Naka was duped of Rs 10,000 in a deal of mobile phone. In his complaint to police, Agarwal said that he sealed a deal of a mobile phone with one Ashish Verma on March 25. The gang members are posing as armymen and security personnel to dupe online customers.“We are working on the case and will make a breakthrough soon,” he added. The next day, I was asked to pay Rs 50,000 for road tax and insurance and then on March 24, additional Rs 50,000 for final delivery at my residence. Singh told police that on March 20 he struck a deal with one Ajay Yadav who had shared his ID card of BSF commandant “On March 22, I was asked to deposit Rs 62,000 as advance.

LUCKNOW: Two more residents of the city were duped by conmen posing as personnel of central paramilitary forces while striking deal via free online classifieds on Sunday.Since January 1, nine people have been duped by miscreants claiming to be security personnel.Police officials said that conmen have been taking advantage of the ‘nationalism’ wave post-Pulwama attack, and hence there has been a spurt in cases in which fraudsters use army garb to dupe people in online deals since men in uniform are easily trusted.On Sunday, Manish Singh of Talkatora told police that he was duped of Rs 1.62 lakh when he bought a car on an ecommerce site. Singh told police that on March 20 he struck a deal with one Ajay Yadav who had shared his ID card of BSF commandant “On March 22, I was asked to deposit Rs 62,000 as advance. The next day, I was asked to pay Rs 50,000 for road tax and insurance and then on March 24, additional Rs 50,000 for final delivery at my residence. I have not got the vehicle yet. On Sunday morning, the advertisement was removed,” he told police in the complaint. Similarly, Vibhor Agarwal of Naka was duped of Rs 10,000 in a deal of mobile phone. In his complaint to police, Agarwal said that he sealed a deal of a mobile phone with one Ashish Verma on March 25. Verma posed as a BSF personnel posted in Jharkhand . He asked me to pay the entire amount for the mobile on March 26 but the advertisement was taken off next day.Cyber cell nodal in-charge Abhay Mishra said that it seems to be handiwork of some particular gang. The gang members are posing as armymen and security personnel to dupe online customers.“We are working on the case and will make a breakthrough soon,” he added.

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