Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai (EP)

Mumbai, Oct 24: A fraudster posing as a resident from UK has defrauded a Powai based 31 years old businesswoman of Rs 45.69 lacs after stating in an email that she wants to donate 2.5 million pounds for charity work in India.

The victim in her police complaint stated that she received an email in which the sender stated her credentials as Bertha Mellon, 67 years old resident of UK who wants to donate the sum for charity work. The complainant was asked to contact Serdarli Gursel a lawyer whose email address was mentioned in the fraudster’s email. Gursel posing as an employee of Reserve Bank of India informed through email that they have received a deposit certificate from a person from UK and asked the victim to pay Rs 89,000 to obtain the sum.

The UK based woman asked to remit another Rs 44.71 lacs to let her download a banking application, payment of tax and decoding the tax code.

The woman in Mumbai grew suspicious when the fraudsters asked her to remit another Rs 5.87 lacs to buy a credit card to get 2.5 million pounds. The fraudsters stopped contacting the complainant subsequent to it.

The police said that that they are trying to trace the suspects after going through call data records taking help from cyber crime police department.