Cyber fraudsters scam man of ₹80,000 by impersonating Former Minister

Cyber fraudsters allegedly duped a idiosyncratic retired of ₹80,000 by reportedly impersonating erstwhile Minister Devineni Uma.

The victim, identified arsenic P. Srinivasa Reddy, had precocious posted connected societal media, tagging IT Minister Nara Lokesh and requesting the second to make a parkland astatine a circumstantial determination successful his locality.

According to the police, a time aft making the request, Srinivasa Reddy received a telephone telephone from an chartless idiosyncratic whose illustration displayed a photograph of elder TDP person Devineni Uma. The caller allegedly introduced himself arsenic the erstwhile curate and assured the unfortunate that efforts would beryllium made to facilitate the operation of the park.

The fraudster reportedly informed the unfortunate that definite expenses were progressive successful processing the connection and persuaded him to transportation money. To marque the deception look genuine, the accused allegedly made a fake video telephone featuring Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and sent fake messages purportedly from a fewer section MLAs to summation the victim’s trust.

Srinivasa Reddy transferred ₹80,000 to the fraudsters. However, helium aboriginal realised that helium had been cheated and approached the Cyber Crime Police to lodge a complaint. Based connected the complaint, constabulary registered a lawsuit and initiated an investigation.