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Man duped of Rs 1 crore in Mumbai after getting email from ‘Lasren & Toubro’
Updated On: 31 August, 2022 08:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
During the course of the investigation, which began on July 7, the cyber cell learnt that a group of four, none of whom had criminal records, were behind the fraud. Three people are arrested by the police whereas one of the suspect is yet to be nabbed
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A leading merchant, thinking he was paying for scrap from Larsen & Toubro (L&T), ended up being duped of Rs 1 crore by a fraudster who had sent him an email where ‘Larsen’ was spelt as ‘Lasren’. According to the Mumbai police’s cyber cell, the complainant made an initial payment of Rs 5 crore in June on an account shared by L&T through a client communication email ID.
He received the scrap a few days after making the payment, but before paying the rest of his dues to L&T, he received an email from a fake ID claiming that the payment accounts had changed. “He didn’t verify the details with L&T officials before initiating the payment. The fraudster had created an email account similar to the actual one,” a cyber cell officer said.
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