An on-line fraudster duped a city woman of Rs 80,584/- on pretext of allowing her to attend a yoga session of Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust in Haridwar. The fraudster used a ‘fake’ Facebook page of the trust to dupe the woman, police said.
According to police, Radhika (55), a resident of Ramdaspeth, clicked on the ‘fake’ page of Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust on Facebook on October 26. She filled an on-line form for a yoga session scheduled at Haridwar. Radhikar received a confirmation letter in her email. On October 28, she received a phone call from the fraudster who impersonated the executive of the trust. After gaining her trust, the fraudster asked the woman to credit Rs 54,600/- to confirm their booking of three persons including parents. She transferred the amount. Later, he again phoned the woman and asked to transfer Rs 25,984/- for medical check-up. Radhika followed the instructions and transferred the amount, police said.
The fraud came to fore when the woman and her parents went to Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar on November 5 and inquired about their booking. The officials at the Yogpeeth denied any such booking in their names. She realised the fraud and returned to Nagpur. On her complaint, an offence under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 66 (d) of Information Technology Act was registered by Sitabuldi police.
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