Dehradun, July 30: A 35-year-old woman in Dehradun has been allegedly duped of Rs 12 lakh by an unidentified caller. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the victim was enticed to invest her money in a fraudulent scheme by offering her 100 percent returns. The woman, a resident of Patel Nagar, was being cheated for the past two years. However, the victim lodged a complaint on Sunday after the caller threatened to harm her family.

The victim requested the police to keep her keep her identity confidential. According to the report, she lives with her husband who is a businessman while her children were studying abroad. She is a housewife. Patel Nagar police station SHO Suryabhushan Negi told Hindustan Times, “She was contacted by the accused about a couple of years ago promising to double her money in a scheme which later came out to be a Ponzi scheme. Believing him, she deposited a total of ₹12 lakh on various occasions in the past two years on different bank accounts of the accused.”

A few weeks ago, the accused told her that he was coming to India to return her money. However, a couple of days ago he again called and demanded more money saying that the customs caught him at an airport. When the victim refused to give the money, he threatened to harm her family. As per the police, the woman is hesitating to provide more details fearing disgrace in her neighbourhood.

In a similar incident, a retired banker was allegedly cheated of Rs 35 lakh by a woman, whom he befriended on Facebook. The woman introduced herself as Jenny Anderson from London and claimed to have owned a jewellery shop. To rescue her from immigration officials at Mumbai airport, the man not only gave away Rs 13 lakh of his savings but also took a loan of Rs 22 lakh from private lenders, but later he found that he was conned.

Recently, Haryana police on July 28 has busted fake call centre racket in Gurugram. A call centre raided in Udyog Vihar Phase 5 allegedly duped people by offering loans and conducting lottery fraud. Similarly, on July 6, another call centre racket from Udyog Vihar was cracked by the police. The call centre was operating in the same locality. The company allegedly duped American and Canadian citizens by offering them loans.

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