Mumbai, india: In yet another case of online fraud in the financial capital, a businessman from Mumbai's suburban Kandivali lost ₹32 lakh. According to a police complaint filed by the trader, he got an email from a Ghana-based medical research company last month offering him a good deal on an organic chemical liquid.
The trader, without suspecting any fraud, got lured by the offer and contacted a supplier and forwarded the detailed quotation and samples to the research firm, which in turn gave a purchase order of 10 gallons of the liquid but did not pay any advance for the same, he said.
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However, when the trader got in touch with the supplier, he was asked to pay ₹15 lakh as advance and was asked for more money over a period of one month.
After having shelled out ₹32.64 lakh and not receiving any product in return, the complainant realised that he had been duped and approached Samta Nagar police station, he said. A case of online fraud has been registered and further probe is underway, the police said.
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