Stock Investment Scam: Gurugram doctor swindled out of Rs 1.36 crore
Cyber Crime
Gurugram: A Gurugram-based doctor has fallen prey to cybercriminals, losing a whopping Rs 1.36 crore. The fraudsters duped the doctor by promising huge returns on his investments in the stock market.
A doctor was duped of Rs 1.36 crore in a stock investment-related fraud, police said on Friday.
The mobile application used for the fraud initially showed huge profits to the Gurugram-based doctor on his initial Rs 50,000 investment but he was asked for security to withdraw his money. He ended up paying Rs 1.36 crore to the fraudsters, police said.
According to the complaint filed by Dr Puneet Sardana, he saw an online advertisement on trading in stocks on January 4.
The doctor, a resident of Kendriya Vihar Society, Sector 56, contacted the number in the advertisement, following which he received a link to download a share-buying app on his WhatsApp, the complaint said.
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