Coimbatore: Man loses Rs 32 lakh in online fraud

COIMBATORE: The city cybercrime police registered a case against an unidentified person on Wednesday for cheating a Sundarapuram resident of 32.23 lakh. Complainant M Ravishankar, 39, of Sidco, employee of an IT firm, had received a link on Telegram on November 23.

“He clicked the link and a man, claiming to be a representative of Kayak, an American travel agency, called him. The man offered him a huge amount to rate the firm’s website and demanded some money. Ravishankar transferred 32.23 lakh to several bank accounts as per instructions,” an investigating officer said.

Based on Ravishankar’s complaint, sub-inspector M Sivarajapandian registered a case under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 (D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Police have frozen 10 bank accounts and are trying to trace the transactions, inspector P A Arun said.