In yet another cyber crime, a lawyer was duped of approximately Rs 43,000. He had received an email around a month back, declaring him a winner of a lottery of 1 million Great Britain Pound (GBP) and was asked to deposit £555 in a bank account in order to claim the price.
The man, Rao Iqbal Mohammad, has lodged an FIR against the multinational bank, of which the account number was provided to him, alleging it to be involved in the fraud.
According to the FIR, Iqbal received an email from '
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' on May 8, informing him that he had won a lottery of £1 million. The email also stated that it was a surprise draw of the British Lottery Board and the winner was selected randomly by the computer.
An account number of the bank (11010333360) was also provided in the email and the account holder was stated to be RK Kamat. The email further asked Iqbal to deposit £555 (approximately Rs 43,000) in the account. The amount was stated to be the processing charges that were being taken to facilitate the transfer of money in Iqbal's account. Iqbal deposited the amount on May 21, only to receive another mail on May 25. "The email asked me to again deposit £1000 in another account that was in the name of S Selvaraj. The amount was stated to be Non Resident tax and I was asked to deposit it at the earliest," stated Iqbal in the FIR.
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Last update : 25-06-2007 06:16
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