According to report, a 38-year-old Gurgaon resident was defrauded of 38 lakh rupees by a woman he met on a matrimonial website. The woman, who called herself Ridhi Sharma from Kolkata, presented the 38-year-old with the investment proposal in Bitcoin and convinced him to use the Deuncoin trading platform.
Believing her assurances, the victim initially transferred Rs 10 lakh to a bank account provided by the platform’s customer care. After showing him inflated profits in his trading account, the woman and her associates tricked him into making four more payments amounting to Rs 28 lakh over the next few days.
On December 20, the trading platform contacted the victim, claiming his account was under investigation for money laundering by Ridhi Sharma. They demanded an additional Rs 10 lakh to restore his account.
Even after paying this amount, the victim did not receive the money in his account. The accused kept demanding more money from the victim under various pretexts until end-December after which all communication was stopped.
The man, who later realized the woman of 38 lakh rupees had deceived him, approached the police station for cybercrime in Gurgaon for registration of an FIR against the woman and her accomplices for cheating. The police have begun an inquiry into the crypto fraud.
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