Doctor falls for fake advertisement, duped of Rs 86 lakh in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Cyber fraudsters allegedly cheated a 76-year-old doctor of Rs 86 lakh by impersonating representatives of an investment platform and misusing the name and image of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a fraudulent social media advertisement.
According to the complaint, the doctor came across an online advertisement on March 9 claiming investors could earn Rs 22 lakh a week. The next day, he received a WhatsApp call from a man identifying himself as ‘Ashwin’, who claimed to represent a company called Social Venture Capital and persuaded him to register by paying Rs 17,500 and opening a Demat account.
