A click on Instagram advt. leads to Rs. 1.52 lakh loss

Mysuru: A cyber criminal posing as a lottery agent duped a woman of Rs. 1.52 lakh. The woman is a resident of Ashokapuram who came across a Kerala lottery Instagram page and clicked on the link and a call went to a mobile number which went unanswered.

Later, a man called back and introduced himself as the Kerala lottery agent and sent two lottery tickets online for Rs. 100. The man again called her and told her that she had won Rs. 12 lakh prize and told the woman that she had to pay Rs. 1.52 lakh towards various fees and got Rs. 1,52,360 transferred from her.

When the man asked her to pay more money, the woman realised that she has been cheated and lodged a complaint at city’s CEN Police Station.