Mangaluru: Trusting Facebook friend blindly proves costly for woman


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)

Mangaluru, May 10: A woman in the city lost Rs 4.34 lac after a brief Facebook friendship with an unidentified lady.

As per details, the victim received a Facebook friend request from a lady identified as Sr Mary with a profile picture of a group of nuns. Even though the victim did not know the lady, she accepted the request and began chatting with her. After accepting the request, the lady introduced herself as a religious nun, resident of the United Kingdom. They chatted regularly after that. The friend had frequently sent Bible quotes and other religious prayers and earned the trust of the victim.

In April, the lady living abroad wished to send a gift and phoned her Facebook friend here. The woman refused the gift but the fraudster insisted that she should accept it.

The victim received a WhatsApp text from another man who introduced himself as a customs official from New Delhi in April second week. He asked her to pay a custom aviation fee on the consignment sent by the nun. The lady transferred an amount Rs 28,000 to the account of Anand Sharma as a processing fee. The bank account is held in SBI, Kakrola Mor branch located in Delhi area. The victim sent the receipt of the transaction to the lady and the lady appreciated the victim’s trust and blessed her by sending some Bible quotes and prayers.

Within two days, the victim received a consignment and she opened it out of curiosity. But when she opened the consignment she got a letter stating that the lady wanted to give another Rs 15 lac. Immediately, the victim sent a text to lady about the consignment which she received. The lady confirmed the letter and the matter of Rs 15 lac. But she demanded an amount of Rs 4.55 lac as a fund processing fee for claiming Rs 15 lac. To convince the victim, the self-proclaimed nun also sent a slip issued on May 4, from the office of Foreigners’ Service Office, New Delhi. Later, the victim deposited the said amount to Anand Sharma’s account in four instalments within a gap of two days. After sending all transaction details, the lady demanded more amount mentioning the legal issues for transfer the huge amount. She also sent a new account number opened in the name of Prithu Yadav, Delhi for further transactions. After the victim ended up paying Rs 4.34 lac in all, she got suspicious about the lady and called a media house in the city and narrated her story. The media house immediately directed her to contact cybercrime police.

The cybercrime police have registered a first information report and begun investigating the case.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Marilou Steven, Mumbai

    Thu, May 13 2021

    This scammer has been very active on fb lately but it's really sad that someone has fallen into that trap. We only pray that she/he is caught soon and through him/her many more scammers will be caught. One girl recently was tricked into marriage by a scammer and she lost a big amount. Scammers should be caught soon.

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  • HUSSAIN, UCHIL

    Tue, May 11 2021

    THIS IS CYBER CRIME ALL CEATERS ARE FROM NIGERIA, ONCE HAPPEND TO ME TOO BUT I ESCAPED NARROWLY , EVERYDAY COMING THIS NEWS IN NEWSPAPER THAN ALSO PEOPLE ARE FALLING ON THIS FRAUD, DON'T BEILIVE IN ANY UNKNOWN PERSON IF THEY MAY BE SAINT

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, May 11 2021

    Nowadays such offers and Opfers are increased.Some ladys get a big eye when someone says ,packet,gift etc.They dont even confine to their husband even .I too got many offers from America that a rich lady wanted me to give her all the money because she is gong to die,I should give a account number etc.I didnt reply but delated.Even widow of Previous Libyas President (?) to invest money here .I only had to give number.This particular lady thought she is nun etc.They are simply robbing the fotos from media and send to a bit rich and light believable women.,then extract money land in nomans land.Second I want to inform you all ,please dont send childrens foto in Face book to someone simply so.These fotos are then land in dark net without your knowledge.They choose some fotos and let it send some magazins or dark net.Here it came to know of l

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  • Alwyn, Mangalore

    Tue, May 11 2021

    Everyone need to be careful when unknown person looking for money. You better to take care of your family first than unknown stupid person.

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  • Rems, Mangaluru

    Tue, May 11 2021

    How do they know that dumb people can be found here ?

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  • Salvador lobo, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    I had also received a first facebook message someone from UK pretending to be a nun very devoted one. After few chats she said that she will send me ninety thousand pounds to donate to the poor people in India. But I had refused to entertain that. After that she disappeared. It's all now happening. These terrorists using different methods tinfoil people and loot. Hence everyone should be very careful.

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  • JNB, Bejai

    Mon, May 10 2021

    In 2014 all Indians were promised 15 Lakh each., that still continues everywhere, 15 Lakh means people believe without any doubt

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    About 15 years back this scam started once people started using cell phones, first it was messages like you have won 1& half million GBPounds, then they would direct to contact them through emails, same way later they started this scam on FB, again through message & then to continue the process through email. I had warned 3 persons not to fall to this scam, they would declare it is by cococola, World Cup lucky draw, your number has won, don't inform others as they might grab the offer etc. is their hook. Some fell some didn't. I too had the same messages & later they would send a photo of a single old woman with no encumbrances suffering from cancer & a photo of her recuperating in a hospital bed & after prayers she got my link & she wants to donate big fortune in her bank to do the charity, & Bible quotes are always quoted. I knew this scam & I replied I'm neither elated or flying in the air but my foot are firmly on the ground & if at all she wants to start a trust or donate to charity then I will send her Mother Theresa's Charity details. Suddenly the trail got cold. & after a few months the same photo of woman in reversed & changed color appeared on another FB post, I warned everybody not to fall for this about 10 years back. One person contacted me after sending some thousands of rupees & I said him to stop. For others I asked them to reply- please deduct all the expenses to be paid to customs or any other charges by themselves & remaining money they can send, there too the scamsters stopped in their track without getting any money.

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  • Bala, Kudla

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Believe in God and your own prayers.God will hear you. If you are for others pray for you will loose yourself and god never help. The lost will not come back or you will lose major amount for police work. This is the truth everybody know.

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  • Prakash.A, Mlore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This is a very basic and old trick, usually claiming to be a lottery winner. Still plenty of easy fishing for these frauds !!

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  • HENRY MISQUIITH, India

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This was happened with me several times but in return they( cheaters) got nothing...

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  • Subhash Chandra, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    The devil nd it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

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  • Common Man, mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Hi guys.. One thing is very common here. Let the crime is committed by nigerian or african or let him belongs to whichever country .Our people decided to drag Modi & BJP government in between. Though everybody knows that lady had digged her own pit in greed of 15 lakh .still they want to blame Modi for that as if before 2014 India was "Ramraj".

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  • Allan fernandes, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    I was promised fifteen lakhs in 2014.

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  • Kiran Dsouza, Bangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    People expect foreign gifts especially the ladies. In this world nothing comes free. Even if your close relatives gift you something, they expect in return something sometime later. The person who has cheated this lady has studied her Facebook profile nicely before trapping her. Social networks are dangerous nowadays. Never ever accept friend request from unknown people.

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  • Jebin, dubai

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This has happened for my dad 4 years back. My dad sent me the photo & details and told me that unidentified person sent this on Whatsapp by sending pics of gold watch , Iphone & parcel mentioning my dads name & address. Luckily i am a designer, so i can see and understand in depth of the photo where they mentioned my dads name in written font style.. Immediately i alerted and informed my dad that this is the FAKE and the person who sent you the pics are Fraduster claiming the package is at Delhi Airport and shud send money for Shipping charges..

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  • Maria, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Same thing happened with me a week back.. still i have kept her chats..and pics of watch, gold..but I was aware of this.. so I didn't get cheated by them..thank God

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  • Shanthi, Dubai/Kundapur

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Height of foolishness......

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Mon, May 10 2021

    The moment you hear of '15 lakhs' anywhere..anytime, please understand it is a 'Jumla'.

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  • emmanuel L kumar, brahmavar

    Mon, May 10 2021

    the same style the follow to cheat infact i was also tried by them need not be the same but I foundout through the truecaller the call i received was from india and not from UK as claimed

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  • Vincent D'Souza, Belthangady

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Greed

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  • Adline, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This same Sr. Mary, from UK, texted me on facebook. Spoke about the same parcel and asked the same amount of money for custom clearance. I didn't fall for her words. Please know the person when you send money. The world isn't a kind place for everybody.

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  • Alphonse Rodrigues, Udupi

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This is a similar case promise of 15 lakhs to every poor's of India after bringing Indian's black money stashed in the Swiss bank. Neither the black money is received nor the 15 lakhs deposited in any poor Indians accounts. Here poor Indian citizen's are fooled

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  • Alphonse Rodrigues, Udupi

    Mon, May 10 2021

    @Prabhu, Karkala, you are blind towards Rafael, demonetizations.

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Here too "15 Lakhs"? Looks like a fan of Modi ;) Guys, Please be careful while dealing with emails, smses, phone calls from unknown numbers/people, credit card/debit card pins, ebanking passwords & applications on your smartphones. Fraudsters are everywhere. Modus operandi is the same. They target specific group of people having identified their weakness. Don't believe anyone blindly....Andhe matt bano aur Andh Bhakt matt bano. Use common sense.

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  • Shetty, Kudla

    Mon, May 10 2021

    ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕಂಡ ಬಾವಿಗೆ ಹಗಲಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿದ್ದಂತೆ

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Why only after 2014 ...

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  • Prabhu, Karkala

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Before 2014 it was 2 lakh crores.

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  • Prabhu, Karkala

    Mon, May 10 2021

    this is to Prabhu, now it is 20 lakh crores, do you remember the package announced by Peku last year...

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  • John Tauro, M'lore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    It had been happening since the beginning of emails.

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  • Don, Manglore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    This scam is run by Nigerian/African nationals. They post typical family photo of British/ white family guy to lure n Facebook. I have saved two people in this matter, who were about to send money in return of gifts. You get call from India number and the package detail they send it’s not genuine. People don’t check or google the same. I had scolded badly scammers over phone. They change number after the scam. They operate from Delhi or nearby places from north. People still blindly trusting these scammers. Please use Truecaller or google to verify few infos People!!!! So many cases happening around, still people fall for this. Greed or stupidity

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  • Theresa, South Africa

    Thu, Nov 25 2021

    Oh, my younger sister has fallen for the same trap, she has given them her banking details, and they said they are sending her a parcel and money and that they will send the money in four parts as it is too large an amount to send. She said they told her its a donation from a Catholic church. I told her its a scam but she refuses to listen to reason. I am going to report it to the police maybe they can assist in this matter before she is part of some money laundering scam. Its scary what the world has become and the girls fall for it a lot.

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  • Pramila, Mangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    And finally I ended up with confusion. So many incidents we read in same platform but what's the use when we have desided to jump in to same gutter.

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  • Vicky, Damaskatte

    Mon, May 10 2021

    When we believe people on the base of belief such things happen. People who always praising God are much harmful than others.

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  • Cynthia, Damarskatte

    Mon, May 10 2021

    Yes...vicky...what you have mentioned here cent percent true. Last week, one lady from damarskatte would have become the victim of this nigerian group. Damarskatte lady contacted me for the meanings what she received from nigerian catholic prayer group.....same like this article..This lady got some bible quotes and assurance of prayers. Then nigerian woman asks her to add in whatsapp and send donations for their missio.....I told her to delete from whatsapp and block her.......See, i believed you, that you will send me a loadful of chicken few months back. Still, not received. I too deleted your whatsapp account from my mob. Cancel the deal and return the amount i dont want chicken vicks....

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  • NITIN SHETTY, bangalore

    Mon, May 10 2021

    this lady fooled by blind belief in religion and present govt is fooling millions of his followers very brilliantly in the name of religion.

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