AHMEDABAD: In another scam orchestrated on a matrimonial website, a Vastrapur woman has been duped of Rs 1.38 lakh by a man claiming to be a dentist from the Netherlands.
Shraddha Shau, 28, who works with a private firm, filed the complaint on Saturday. She said that the man, identifying himself as Vihan Mehta, had contacted her on May 29. He told her that he had seen her profile on the matrimonial site. They began talking on WhatsApp calls.
To gain Shau’s confidence, Mehta sent a picture of a document dressed up as his medical degree. He told her that he will seek a licence to open a clinic in India and sent her some documents, purportedly bearing the Indian Medical Association’s name.
Shau said in her FIR that Mehta told her that he will send her some documents by courier, which were supposed to be dispatched to the medical association.
On June 1, she got an email from a company called DCC Shipping. The mail said a parcel addressed to her had been received and she would have to pay Rs 32,700 to get it or it would be forwarded to a government authority. She sent the money using an UPI ID given in the email.
Later, she received another email in which she was directed to pay Rs 1.05 lakh. The mail said foreign currency had been found in the parcel and she would get 70% of the amount at the time of delivery.
When she asked Mehta about this, he told her that he was in another country and would not be able to pay at that time. But he assured her that he would repay her later.
After she paid that amount, she received another email in which she was asked to deposit Rs 2.15 lakh as GST charge. Mehta again urged her to pay.
By then, suspicion had set in and Shau did not make further payments. When she asked for the money she had paid earlier, Metha sent her a screenshot of a bank deposit. The FIR mentions ‘4,000 pounds’ as the amount that Mehta had claimed to send. Shau had received nothing at all from him.
She eventually approached police and a complaint of cheating and breach of trust has been filed. The provisions of the IT Act have been invoked as well.
Shraddha Shau, 28, who works with a private firm, filed the complaint on Saturday. She said that the man, identifying himself as Vihan Mehta, had contacted her on May 29. He told her that he had seen her profile on the matrimonial site. They began talking on WhatsApp calls.
To gain Shau’s confidence, Mehta sent a picture of a document dressed up as his medical degree. He told her that he will seek a licence to open a clinic in India and sent her some documents, purportedly bearing the Indian Medical Association’s name.
Shau said in her FIR that Mehta told her that he will send her some documents by courier, which were supposed to be dispatched to the medical association.
On June 1, she got an email from a company called DCC Shipping. The mail said a parcel addressed to her had been received and she would have to pay Rs 32,700 to get it or it would be forwarded to a government authority. She sent the money using an UPI ID given in the email.
Later, she received another email in which she was directed to pay Rs 1.05 lakh. The mail said foreign currency had been found in the parcel and she would get 70% of the amount at the time of delivery.
When she asked Mehta about this, he told her that he was in another country and would not be able to pay at that time. But he assured her that he would repay her later.
After she paid that amount, she received another email in which she was asked to deposit Rs 2.15 lakh as GST charge. Mehta again urged her to pay.
By then, suspicion had set in and Shau did not make further payments. When she asked for the money she had paid earlier, Metha sent her a screenshot of a bank deposit. The FIR mentions ‘4,000 pounds’ as the amount that Mehta had claimed to send. Shau had received nothing at all from him.
She eventually approached police and a complaint of cheating and breach of trust has been filed. The provisions of the IT Act have been invoked as well.
