Mumbai man loses ₹2.18 lakh to IELTS consequence rip-off discovered on Instagram | consultant pic
Mumbai: Believing a random reel on Instagram about getting desired marks in IELTS exams proved expensive for a 37-year-old man who wished to pursue an MBA course overseas. The sufferer who believed the reel, contacted the scammer who had posted the reel and was instructed by the scammer that he had individuals on the place from the place the IELTS outcomes are dispatched and that he can get the sufferer’s desired marks within the end in lieu of cash.
According to the police, the sufferer is a resident of Dongri in South-Mumbai and works in a non-public firm. The sufferer wished to pursue MBA overseas and had additionally given IELTS exams final yr. However, he couldn’t obtain his targets since he had gotten much less marks within the exams. On August 28, whereas the sufferer was watching Instagram reels on his telephone he got here throughout a reel claiming to present good marks in IELTS exams.
The sufferer then contacted the cell quantity talked about within the reel and inquired additional about how they may get desired marks within the IELTS exams. The fraudster then instructed the sufferer that he has individuals on the place from the place the IELTS outcomes are dispatched. The fraudster then demanded cash with a purpose to get the job achieved. From August 30 until September 06, the sufferer ended up transferring Rs 2.18 lakh within the checking account supplied by the scammer.
However, regardless of having paid a lot cash, when the sufferer confronted the scammer as to why he had not acquired his consequence, the scammer gave varied excuses equivalent to rejection of the sufferer’s biometric, and many others. When the demand for cash from the scammer saved persevering with, the sufferer realised that he had been scammed. He then approached the police and obtained an offence registered within the matter final week.
A case has been registered by the Dongri police underneath sections 318 (dishonest), of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections 66C (identification theft), 66D (dishonest by personation by utilizing laptop useful resource) of the Information Technology Act within the matter.
