Baddi woman duped online of Rs 7.26 lakh

Solan, June 12

An online fraudster has duped Baddi resident Archana Sharma of Rs 7.26 lakh that she had deposited for receiving a parcel sent by a Facebook friend from England.

The police registered a case of cheating under Section 420 of the IPC on the complaint of Archana, a resident of Suraj Majra in Baddi, last evening.

Archana had received a Facebook request from Ammu Ammu that she accepted on May 10. Thereafter, she received a call from Delhi Parcel Agency on May 17 and caller Rani Mishra informed her about a parcel sent for her from England. She was asked to pay Rs 3.76 lakh as custom delivery charges, which she paid through Google Pay app.

She then received a fund transfer document of a New Delhi-based bank from Mark, a Facebook friend. She was asked to pay another Rs 5 lakh to receive the parcel. She transferred Rs 3.50 lakh to an account through Google Pay. However, she later realised that she had been befooled. — TNS