Maharashtra crime: 44-year-old housewife loses Rs 23 lakh to 'task' fraud in Navi Mumbai

Maharashtra crime: The 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai said that she lost the money between Sept 17 and Oct 4 to 'task' fraud

Maharashtra crime: A 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai city in Maharashtra has been duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh through a 'task' fraud, an official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

According to the news agency, In her complaint to the Panvel police on Wednesday, the woman said she lost the money between September 17 and October 4.

The woman said she first received an offer through the Telegram app saying she would be paid well if she completed a few simple online tasks.

The official said the fraudsters paid her initially to gain her confidence and then persuaded her to shell out over Rs 23 lakh promising attractive returns. However, the woman neither received returns nor the original amount, the official said, as per the PTI.

The Panvel police on Wednesday registered a case under the Indian Penal Code section 420 (cheating) and the IT Act.

The police said that no arrests have been made yet, the official added.

Meanwhile in an another incident, the Maharashtra cyber police have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly issuing a fake transfer order of six government officers through a letter with a forged signature of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, an official said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Mohammed Iliyas Yaqub Momin, a contractor from Miraj in Sangli district, allegedly cheated government officials and other people financially by showing them the fake orders, he said.

The official said the accused is well educated and it is suspected that he committed the crime for financial gains.

The accused created fake documents of the transfer of six government officers, of assistant engineers and deputy executive engineers rank in the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), the official said.

Momin had allegedly created a fake email ID of Vidyadhar Mahale, the private secretary of Deputy CM Fadnavis, and sent a letter of transfer to six officers on July 23, he said.

While sending the transfer letter from the email ID, the accused allegedly forged Fadnavis' signature on it, he said.

The mail was also sent to the CMD of MSEDCL, the official said.

(with PTI inputs)

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