A Thane man studying in Dublin University in Ireland lost Rs 5.30 lakhs or 6000 Euros to a cyber fraudster.
Mandar Kotnis, who is pursuing his Masters in Computer Science, had gone to Ireland on September 2 this year. He had got a call on September 23 from an unidentified person who called himself an Irish official.
“He was told he had watched some site which is prohibited in the United States of America and hackers could now siphon off money from his account. In order to avoid this, the caller asked Kotnis to transfer the money he had in his Thane account. When the victim went ahead, he realised he had lost Rs 5.30 lakh,” an official from Chitalsar police station in Thane’s Wagle Estate area said.
After the victim’s mother filed a police complaint, Thane police PRO Jaimala Wasave said that a case has been registered under IPC and Information Technology Act provisions against an unidentified person.
