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Man arrested in a cyber fraud case
06 March 2007
TRIVANDRUM — 4 March 2007 :
The city police arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly cheating
a Mumbai based software engineer through the Internet by posing
as a woman and stealing money from his bank account.
Rajesh, a resident of Ambalamukku,
runs an Internet cafe at Chenthitta. After befriending the engineer
through chat, Rajesh posed as 'Renuka' and used a voice converter
to disguise his voice, Sub-Inspector, Thampanoor police station
Sheen Tharayil said.
He later forwarded a photo from
a marriage bureau to the engineer, who provided a credit card and
code to 'Renuka' to withdraw Rs2,500 for purchasing a flight ticket
to Mumbai. The engineer even booked a room for 'Renuka' who failed
to turn up. Enquiries revealed that Rs22,000 was withdrawn using
the credit card
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