Man tries to rent out flat through online property portal, gets duped of Rs 1.30 lakh

A 52-year-old man, who was trying to rent his one-BHK flat in Pimpri, Pune, through an online property website, was duped of Rs 1.30 lakh by a cyber fraudster.

The fraudster, who showed interest in renting his flat, tricked him on the pretext of sending an advance payment. An FIR was registered on August 5 at the Manikpur police station in Vasai.

The complainant is an official with the Western Railway and stays in Vasai (East). On August 3, he had put up an advertisement on a property website for renting his flat in Pune.

On the same day, the fraudster called up the complainant and said he wants to take his flat on rent. He cooked-up a story that he has been transferred from Bengaluru to Pune and needs to find a flat urgently on rent.