Gurugram: A man has been duped of over Rs 70,000 on the pretext of settling a loan taken from a non-banking finance company, police said here on Tuesday.
Sunil Kumar Raghav, a resident of Bhondsi, said in the police complaint that he had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh from a non-banking finance company and was repaying it in installments.
Recently, he searched the company's customer care number on Google to talk to a company representative and settle the loan, a police officer said. Raghav called that number and spoke to a person who referred him to another person. Gave another phone number to talk. Officer.
“After telephonic conversation with the officer, I received an email asking me to deposit Rs 70,401 in a bank account for loan approval. Deposited the amount in the given account number and later I was asked to deposit more money. Got calls to do it." Raghav said in his complaint.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged at the cyber crime police station in South Gurugram on Monday and investigation has been initiated, the police officer said.
Sunil Kumar Raghav, a resident of Bhondsi, said in the police complaint that he had taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh from a non-banking finance company and was repaying it in installments.
Recently, he searched the company's customer care number on Google to talk to a company representative and settle the loan, a police officer said. Raghav called that number and spoke to a person who referred him to another person. Gave another phone number to talk. Officer.
“After telephonic conversation with the officer, I received an email asking me to deposit Rs 70,401 in a bank account for loan approval. Deposited the amount in the given account number and later I was asked to deposit more money. Got calls to do it." Raghav said in his complaint.
Based on the complaint, an FIR was lodged at the cyber crime police station in South Gurugram on Monday and investigation has been initiated, the police officer said.
