Pune, April 23 (DNA): After a student from Nagaland received an email announcing that she has won Rs. 5 crore, she felt lucky. The next moment, she submitted all details along with the processing fee of Rs. 40,000. Little did she know that she was victim of a phishing scam.
According to information available, the girl had lived in the city for nearly five years to pursue her Phd and currently resides in Kondhwa. On April 17, she received an email from one Martin Wheat informing her of the prize money she had won from the Coca Cola Company. For further processing they had asked her to fill up a form and deposit an additional sum of Rs. 40,000 to an account under the name of Ravindra Singh.
Working as per instruction, the girl found the situation to be a fraudulent when they persisted on more money from her. It was only after she reported the incident to the police on April 19 that she realized she had been robbed of her first deposit of Rs. 40,000. Kondhwa police are investigating the case. "According to the process, we have registered an FIR and we are on a look out for the people involved in the fraud," said Sudam Pachorkar, police inspector, crime.
