Pune: Student cheated of over Rs 7 L by online fraudsters

A 23-year-old student student was allegedly cheated by online fraudsters of Rs 7.25 lakh under the pretext of winning an iPhone in a lucky draw, police said on Thursday.

According to police, the fraudsters had contacted the student in July and claimed to be employees of one “Muhammad Gazette Limited Company”. The fraudsters had told the student that he had won an iPhone worth Rs 1.5 lakh in a lucky draw and further claimed that their company had ISO certification. They had also forwarded soft copies of their identity cards to the student on his WhatsApp account.

Police said that the fraudsters had initially asked the student to pay Rs 20,000 as customs charges for claiming the iPhone.