: A retired authorities inspector from Lucknow has actually declared that he was deceived of more than 85 lakh by a presumed cyber scammer who impersonated a Gurugram-based businesswoman and tempted him into purchasing an online trading plan appealing high returns.
< source media ="(min-width:768px)" alt ="(Pic for representation)" > < img src ="https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2026/05/10/400x225/-Pic-for-representation-_1778443123511.jpg"alt ="(Pic for representation)"title ="(Pic for representation)"width ="360"height ="202"loading ="eager">Brijesh Yadav, inspector at cyber police headquarters, stated an FIR had actually been signed up under pertinent BNS and IT Act areas and more examination was underway.
According to the grievance, the victim, Badri Narayan, a local of Khargapur location, got a message on WhatsApp on October 1, 2025, from a female determining herself as Divya Sharma.
The plaintiff declared that the lady declared to be the owner of a Gurugram-based business called “Arvan Leather Lab” and stayed in routine contact with him for almost a week before presenting him to online trading and financial investment chances.
Cops stated the female supposedly encouraged the retired inspector that he might make considerable revenues through online trading platforms. With time, she likewise established individual relationship with him by going over household matters and declaring she was single.
According to the FIR, the implicated even proposed a marital relationship alliance with the plaintiff’s kid, which even more reinforced his rely on her.
Thinking her claims, the retired inspector supposedly moved cash in numerous installations through various checking account and UPI deals. The overall quantity moved was 85,45,614, cops stated.
The plaintiff declared that while the trading platform continued to show revenues, no real cash was ever gone back to him. Later on, the lady apparently stopped reacting to calls and messages.
The victim has actually revealed suspicion that an arranged cyber scams distribute might be running phony online trading sites to trap individuals and siphon off financial investment cash.