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A 50-year-old antheral from Surathkal mislaid ₹1.85 lakh to a idiosyncratic who duped him of winning a Kerala lottery.
In the ailment filed astatine the Surathkal Police Station, the unfortunate said helium saw an advertisement connected Facebook connected May 29 for a Kerala lottery. The advertisement claimed that the gully of the lottery, a summons for which costs ₹50 each, volition beryllium connected the aforesaid day.
The unfortunate called the fig mentioned successful the advertisement. The receiver identified himself arsenic Naveen and sent the unfortunate the lottery numbers. The unfortunate chose 2 numbers and sent ₹100 utilizing a nexus sent by the telephone receiver.
The unfortunate received a telephone successful the evening that helium had won ₹ 12 lakh successful a lottery with 1 number. The unfortunate sent his relationship details and Aadhaar number. Then, the unfortunate archetypal sent ₹24,981, which was stated arsenic taxation for the lottery winning amount. The unfortunate further transferred ₹58,760 and ₹89,895.
When helium did not person immoderate magnitude successful return, the unfortunate went to Thiruvananthapuram connected June 2 and recovered from the lottery bureau that helium had been fixed a fake lottery.
The victim’s ailment seeking enactment against the fraudsters was registered by the Surathkal police. The constabulary said efforts were connected to hint the fraudsters.
