Online Child Adoption Fraud, Kaup woman loses Rs 9 lakh
Udupi: A woman from Kaup lost Rs 9 lakhs in an online child adoption fraud.
Haseena (39), wife of Sitar Hanif, a resident of Darga Road, Kaup was planning to adopt a child. On October 20, while she was browsing the net on her mobile, she got information about the adoption of a girl child from the UK. Haseena registered her name, address and contact online for child adoption.
Later on October 24, Haseena received a call from the mobile number 8929595545 asking her to send all the necessary items required for the child to England by courier. The caller also asked her to pay Rs 40000 for parcel delivery, accordingly on October 26, Haseena transferred Rs 40000 to Krishna Kumar’s Indian Bank Account from her Syndicate Bank Kaup Branch.
Later some others namely Gagan Garg, Ramana Preet Kaur, Jasmin Sultan, Dokeno Paw, Zahurul Haq and Aaron Gaz Ling called Haseena and asked her to pay in UK Currency to send the parcel.
Haseena got suspicious and filed a complaint in the CEN Police station alleging that she was cheated by online child adoption fraud and had lost nearly Rs 9 Lakhs for adoption of a girl child.
The Police have registered a case under the Cyber Crime and investigation is on.
