Tag: Pretext

Security guard duped of Rs 40,000 on pretext of being given work as ‘playboy’

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New Delhi: “Do you want to become a playboy and make quick money?” When Prakash, a security guard in Delhi, received this message from a girl he had come across on Facebook, he thought it was a good way to earn some extra bucks, unmindful that it could be a trap to extract money from him.
He readily agreed to pay the initial charges to get himself registered with a firm for the job. The girl initially asked him to pay Rs 1,000 as registration fee which he transferred from Paytm to a Standard Chartered bank account of a man.
By the time Prakash realised it was a trap and approached police, he had lost Rs 40,000.

A complaint was lodged at Shahdara police station, based on which an FIR was registered.
“Instead of offering me any playboy job, she again called me and asked me to pay some more money for other file formalities. I didn’t realise that she was fooling me and extracting money from one pretext or the other,” he said.
Prakash, a security guard in Anand Vihar in east Delhi, came in contact with the girl in March through Facebook. He said he saw a recruitment advertisement on Facebook and “clicked on the link. I provided my phone number and other details such as my present profile, etc.”
He immediately got a call from a girl who introduced himself as a resident of Defence Colony. “I was doubtful because the truecaller address showed that she was from Connaught Place but she convinced me that it was a genuine agency which hires men for playboy jobs,” he said, according to the police FIR.
A police officer said, “In the initial investigation, the police found out that the call was made from Nehru Place…. We are also trying to find out the account details to which he transferred the money.”

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 10, 2023
Karnataka: Minor girl stabs fiance on pretext of making reels in Haveri

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Haveri: A 17-year-old teenager has been taken into custody on the charges of stabbing her fiance in the neck on the pretext of making reels in Karnataka’s Haveri district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred near Om Public School on the outskirts of Ranebennur town.
The seriously injured victim, Devendra Gouda, was rushed to a private hospital, and his condition is serious.

According to police, as the girl was in love with somebody else, she planned to attack Gouda, with whom she got engaged on March 3. The girl invited Gouda to a park and told him she wanted to give him a gift.
Under the garb of giving him a gift, she tied Gouda’s hands, asked him to close his eyes, and stabbed him in the neck.
Gouda’s parents have lodged a complaint against the girl with Halageri police station. The investigation is on.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 8, 2023
Nagpur: Man booked for raping woman on pretext of marriage; his siblings assault her

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Nagpur: A 34-year-old man was booked in Nagpur for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, while two of his brothers have been charged with assaulting her, a police official said on Monday.
The 27-year-old victim has said she was raped between February 2, 2020 and October 5, 2022 by the accused, and when his brothers came to know about their relationship they thrashed her, the official said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 24, 2023
Fake Flight Lt held for duping over 100 youth on pretext of IAF career

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New Delhi: A man, impersonating a Flight Lieutenant and duping over 100 unemployed youth in the name of providing a career in the Indian Air Force, has been arrested, a Delhi Police official said on Thursday.
The accused has been identified as Kamal Sharma, 39, a resident of Vikas Vihar in west Delhi.
According to police, a grievance was reported on Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from a female complainant, who stated that she had come across a person through online mode who runs an NGO namely “We Eliminate Poverty Now”.
“After some time, he introduced himself as an Air Force gazetted Officer (Flying Lieutenant) and defrauded her of Rs 12 lakh in the name of a job in the Indian Air Force. The man, Kamal, also sent a letter for medical examination and letter of appointment to the complainant via WhatsApp and mail,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer North, Ravi Kumar Singh, said.
“But later on, after a long time when she had lost her hope to have a job in IAF, she started requesting her money back from the accused but in vain. Thereafter she got a complaint lodged. After a preliminary enquiry, an FIR was registered in the matter and investigation was taken up,” he said.
During the investigation, a police team tasked with investigation collected WhatsApp chat history screenshots, mail id details, bank and UPI transactions history.
“Sharma used to communicate to the complainant only via WhatsApp calls and chats. The details were sought from WhatsApp, Banks and Wallets. On the technical leads, the accused was traced out at Bengaluru in a hotel with a fake Identity Card of Flying Lieutenant and three smartphones,” said the DCP.
He was arrested and he was brought to Delhi after obtaining transit remand.

“Raids were conducted at Sharma’s rented accommodations at Chhatarpur and police recovered an IAF uniform (with name plate, ranks, badges, caps), air pistol gun with five bullets, different stamps, IAF letterheads, call letters, IAF family dependent card and other incriminating documents,” said the DCP.
The DCP further said that Sharma is a habitual offender and three FIRs are also registered against him in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Sharma was well versed with the internal information of the IAF and using it to defraud people in the name of a lucrative career in the service.
Police investigation done so far has revealed that he had defrauded candidates from different cities like Bengalurue, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Panaji, Kochi, Bidar, Patna, Jammu, and Belgaum.
“He used to meet people in IAF uniform in order to influence them,” said the official, adding that investigation of the case is in progress.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 23, 2023
Man held for cheating hundreds of youth on pretext of roles in web series, TV serials

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New Delhi: A 26-year-old man who impersonated as a director and producer has been arrested for duping hundreds of youngsters on the pretext of providing them opportunities in web series, TV serials and brand shoots, said a Delhi Police official on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Anuj Kumar Ojha, a resident of Gopalganj district of Bihar.
According to the police, on October 21, 2022 a complaint was received through the NCRP in which the complainant stated that a person namely Anuj played a fraud on him.
In the complaint, the victim alleged that Anuj told him that he is a director and producer. After seeing the brand paid shoots story on Instagram page, the complainant contacted the accused, who lured him and later the victim also signed an agreement to work together and paid Rs 75,000 when asked by the accused.
“When I made that payment, Anuj said that your advance will be credited to your account in two days but after some time he called me back again and asked for more money for updating profile and income tax etc etc,” the complainant stated.
“The victim paid a total amount of Rs 4,43,142 and after a preliminary enquiry into the matter, a case was registered and investigation taken up,” said Ravi Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer north).
During investigation, details were sought from Instagram, call details were analyzed and a money trail was conducted but to evade police arrest the accused kept on changing his location.
“On February 6, specific inputs were received that Anuj will board the Tulsi Express and go to Bhopal. Working on this information the team was sent to Bhopal, where he was apprehended while he was trying to escape to Indore. He was served notice under section 41.1 A of Cr.P.C. but he did not cooperate in the investigation and he was arrested thereafter as per due procedure of law,” said the DCP.

“In the investigation done so far it has been noticed that Anuj portrayed himself as director and producer and used to cheat the youngsters in the name of providing them opportunity of acting in brand paid shoots, web series, TV serials etc. He used to cheat them in the name of paying for signing contract, contract fee, artist card, profile updating, GST, Income tax etc,” said the DCP.
Earlier Anuj had been in Gorakhpur jail for three months in a cheating case of 2019. “Several cases and complaints were found registered against his name,” said the official, adding that investigation of the case is in progress.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 14, 2023
Over 4,000 youths cheated on pretext of ‘gigolo’, escort jobs, two arrested

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New Delhi: With the arrest of two men, the Delhi Police on Wednesday said they had busted a racket that duped over 4,000 youths of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing ‘Gigolo’ and ‘Escort’ jobs.
The accused have been identified as Kuldeep Singh Charan, 29, and Shyam Lal, 33, both residents of village Dantra near Jaipur.
Police said that Shyam Lal is fluent in both Hindi and English languages and also mimicking the voice of women after posing as NRI woman client to lure the victims.
The officials said that both the accused have been working on online cyber crime fraud of playboy services, escort services, gigolo and dating services since last four years.
“The web developer who developed the website used in the commission of tje crime has been served notice under Section 41.1 (A) Cr.P.C. and his role in the case is being examined,” said the officials.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer North, Devesh Kumar Mahla, a grievance was reported on Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from a resident of Gautam Colony, Narela.
In the complaint, the man stated that he was searching for an online job on Google when he came across a website “SP Playboy services.com” and contacted the given number mentioned in the website.
“In the name of providing a job, the accused demanded the initial registration fee amounting to Rs 2,499 and subsequently issued an identity card to the complainant on Whatsapp. Thereafter the alleged started demanding amounts in the name of advance commission of 40 per cent, massage kit, pass code charges and hotel booking. In this process the alleged defrauded complainant to the tune of Rs 39,190. After a preliminary enquiry, a case was registered and investigation taken up,” said the DCP.

During investigation, police after getting server space details, call detail and money trail, nabbed Charan from Jaipur.
“Police recovered the mobile phone and number used in commission of the crime from the possession of the accused. The same mobile number was also mentioned on the website,” said the DCP.
Further during the scanning of the money trail, the police team found that the cheated amount was settled in the co-accused bank account registered in the name of Shyam Lal.
“The mobile number given to the complainant in the name of NRI client was stated to be in the possession of Shyam Lal and he was also arrested,” said the DCP.
As per police investigation so far, both the accused were online defrauding the people in the name of playboy services, gigolo services and escort services since 2017 and defrauded more than 4,000 people.
“They have used more than a dozen bank accounts for receiving the fraud amount,” said the official, adding that further probe is on.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 8, 2023
2 Self-Styled Political Activists Arrested For Duping People On Pretext Of Providing Police Jobs

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SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday said that two persons, projecting themselves as political activists, were arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of providing government jobs in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
“On January 11, Police received information that two self-styled political activists from Pattan area are demanding money on the assurances that they will arrange government jobs and are providing fake appointment orders and are also threatening the general public,” news agency GNS quoted police statement as having said.
Police swung into action and promptly registered a case under relevant sections in police station Pattan, the statement said.
“During course of investigation, Police after utilizing all technical and human intelligence and strenuous efforts arrested two accused namely Ubaid Nazir Sofi and Mohammad Iqbal.”
Police said that it was learnt during interrogation that these “scamsters were cheating common people on the pretext of giving jobs in police department and taking huge amount of money from them.”
“Once the victim started asking money back, they used to issue threats to them. Further investigation into the matter is on,” it added.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

January 28, 2023