Achi news desk-
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From time to time, the Ministry of Interior and the paramilitary forces warn soldiers and officers against cyber and financial scams. Sectors, units and battalions are updated about cyber fraud and ways to deal with it. However, in the greed to make money, soldiers become victims of cyber scams. The latest case is of ‘C’ Company of Sashastra Seema Bal ‘SSB’. SSB inspector Surendra Kumar (name changed) lost Rs 15.90 lakh. He invested this amount to trade in an ‘exclusive app’. He was told that his amount had reached 55 lakh rupees. After a few days, when he wanted to withdraw 30 lac rupees, it could not happen. He later filed a cyber fraud complaint.
SSB officers are trapped in greed for profit
According to the information, Inspector Surendra Kumar of ‘C’ Company of SSB was associated with the group through Facebook. The name of that group was the ‘VIP Group of the Stock Alliance’. A mobile app has been provided to the SSB inspector by this group. The name of this app was VIP Exclusive App. On behalf of the group they were told to download this app to their phones. They got information on how to open a blocked trading account with the help of this app. It was also said that through this account you can obtain inventory at a discount rate. In this, there is more profit as compared to Demat account. This profit became a reason for greed for the SSB inspector.
Invested Rs 15.90 lakh in app trading
Surendra Kumar started investing money in trading from 7th April. On April 11, he managed to withdraw two thousand rupees from the app provided by the group. Now Surendra Kumar was convinced that the app was genuine and there was nothing fraudulent about it. After that, a total of seven transactions were made through SBI net banking and telephone payment. Through these transactions, he invested an amount of 15 lakh ninety thousand rupees in an ‘exclusive app’. This amount appears to have been Rs 55 lakh with profits. That’s why their trust in this app increases.
Beware of such scammers
No amount is withdrawn from the app for the next few days. On May 2, Surendra Kumar wanted to withdraw Rs 30 lakh from the exclusive app. The SSB inspector was surprised when the app stopped his transaction worth Rs 30 lakh. Despite many efforts, a withdrawal was not possible and then they realized that it was a cyber fraud. The SSB inspector lodged a complaint on the Cyber Crime Helpline 1930 on May 2.
