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Udupi: A woman from Udupi, has allegedly been cheated of nearly Rs 7.99 lakh by fraudsters posing as representatives of Adani Total Gas Limited.
According to the local police, complainant Tejaswini, 35, had applied for a CNG gas dealership through the website petrolpumpdelearship.co.in on September 11. The only official website of the company adanigas.com
Days later, on September 18, she received a call from a person identifying himself as Mahesh Jain and claiming to be a representative of the Adani Total Gas Limited. He informed Tejaswini that her application had been approved and instructed her to send supporting documents.
The woman then received a confirmation email, along with a request to transfer Rs 49,500 to a bank account. She transferred the amount on September 19.
Later, another fraudster named Rakesh Verma contacted her, under the pretext of further processing, and made her transfer money in multiple instalments to the accused’s accounts.
In total, she ended up transferring Rs 7,99,500.
However, the accused neither provided any dealership nor returned the money, thereby cheating the complainant.
Based on Tejaswini’s complaint, Udupi Town Police have registered a case under Sections 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).