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Jaipur, 14 May (HS). Every day new methods and new cases of cyber fraud are coming to light in the state. A foreign woman cheated the chief manager of a company in Kota and cheated him of Rs 2.75 crore. The foreign woman first befriended the victim through social media and then, citing compulsion, got 200 million dollars (1600 crores) transferred from him to different accounts. Police is investigating the case registered in Jaipur cyber police station.
Police said that a 57-year-old man resident of Kota registered a case on May 9 that about 8 months ago, he received a message on Facebook from a woman named Victoria Gupta, a resident of New York. It was written in the message that his father is Satish Ranveer Gupta, who is a resident of India. Victoria's father Satish and the victim's father had both been friends earlier. Due to the death of Deepak's father, he could not confirm this. The talks started after accepting Victoria Gupta's suggestion. Both used to talk on WhatsApp calls. Victoria stated her own age as 36 years. Her husband has died of a heart attack. The brother-in-law has taken over the husband's property. The brother-in-law often beats him. Wants to kill.
Victoria said that she has a son (5 years) and a daughter (8 years). His father Satish Ranveer Gupta used to do real estate business. After his death, father's property amounting to about $200 million was inherited. Fed up with her brother-in-law, she wants to come and settle in India. Victoria gave a mobile number to talk. Said- This mobile number has been taken from the Indian Embassy in America to come to India. After that, both of them started talking frequently through WhatsApp calls on this mobile number. During conversation, she often talked about her brother-in-law's torture. When we talked on 23 December 2023, Victoria told that she is coming to India in the first week of January. After coming to India, there is a plan to settle here. Coming to India on 10th January. After working in Delhi Embassy, she will go to Mumbai and settle down. On January 10, 2024, a person named Bhagwat Saran called from Delhi Airport. Called himself an immigration officer. Said Victoria is with him. She has brought a banker's check of Royal Bank of Scotland for $1.2 million. Custom registration of the check will cost Rs 1.65 lakh. Victoria has only 65 thousand rupees. Victoria asked for help of Rs 1 lakh. Deepak transferred Rs 1 lakh of registration fee online to Immigration Officer Bhagwat Saran. On January 13, Rs 1.40 lakh was demanded for laundering certificate. Deepak again transferred the money to Bhagwat Saran on Victoria's request. After that it was told that the check of 12 lakh dollars will be deposited in the digital banking branch of Royal Bank of Scotland located at the airport. To lure her into the trap, Victoria described Deepak Sharma as her protector in India. An account was opened in Deepak's name and the check was shown to be deposited. Also took a copy of Deepak's Aadhar card for the bank account. The account number and password was sent to his email by the bank. Victoria was calling herself helpless by repeatedly contacting Delhi Airport. Deepak considered himself a helpless widow and started helping her. After this, the accused woman kept demanding money from the victim on different pretexts.