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Pune, April 21: Another case of fraud has come to light in which online scammers allegedly duped several investors out of over Rs 12 crore into creating a fake website and YouTube channel using the name and logo of a prominent poultry company.
Indian Express According to the cited police, this year a fraudulent website and YouTube channel was launched by scammers using the name, logo and photographs of the owners of a major poultry company.
The scammers posted a fake advertisement about an investment plan on the website and YouTube channel. Online fraud in Mumbai: 26-year-old man tricked out of Rs 3 Lakh by cyber fraudster posing as a police officer
They called on people to invest money in the business and assured them of lucrative financial returns every week.
Several people invested money by making online payments in the fraudulent scheme but got no return. Fraud in Gurugram: Hyderabad engineer tricked out of Rs 9 Lakh by fake call center on pretense of providing job
Police Inspector Vijay Khomne, the investigator, said: “After realizing it was a fraudulent deal, the company contacted the police and filed an FIR. We have reserved the defendant associated with the fraudulent website and YouTube channel under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act. So far, it is known that a fraud of around Rs 12 crore has taken place.
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