Hassan: There was an incident of fraud by a stranger who transferred money to the account believing that he would give cement.
Manjunath of Keralapur was searching online for cement business when he called the mobile number found in the name of Ambuja Cement Limited.
The unknown person promised to give cement and said that according to the company’s rules, Rs 25000 registration fee and 1 Lakh deposit should be kept and at least 1500 bags of cement should be purchased. He gave the business information through WhatsApp and transferred Rs 1.25 Lakh from Canara Bank account number to Ambuja Cement Limited account number through NEFT .
First, Rs 2,41,840 and another Rs 2,86,840 were transferred through RTGS from Canara Bank account to HDFC Bank account of Ambuja Cement Limited, making a total of Rs 6,53 ,680 tk an unknown person, who cheated without giving cement and returning no money.
A case has been registered at CEN Police Station, Hassan.
