A businessman has lost more than Rs 45,000 to cybercriminals due to a Facebook advertisement that ended up to be a fraud trap. 45-year-old Bimal Thakrar has complained to the Cybercrime Police in Devbhumi Dwarka about an unknown person.
In his complaint, filed under the IT Act and sections of the IPC related to fraud, Thakrar claimed that he was tricked out of Rs 45,979 by means of faked sanction letters that he received after clicking on a Facebook advertisement that offered instant loans.
The complaint states that on April 16, Thakrar was informed by his cousin Sanjay about a loan advertisement on the Facebook page “Aditya Finance.” After calling the number given, Thakrar was told to send over some paperwork. Shortly after, he got a message saying that a letter of approval had been issued, reportedly from Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, approving a loan of Rs 26.5 lakh. Thakrar used a UPI app to pay the Rs 26,607 processing charge that was requested in advance.
After that, he was informed about an additional approval letter he was supposed to get from Aditya Birla Capital, which approved a loan of Rs 19 lakh, subject to an additional processing fee of Rs 19,372. He also paid for this online. Thakrar got a call on April 26 saying that his loan was accepted and that an officer would come see him, but no one showed up. He was informed that he would need to pay an extra Rs 6,000 for insurance when he asked about the loan’s rejection. When Thakrar realized he had been duped, then he made a complaint.
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