12.5 Million Pound Inheritance For Same 'Gotra' - How Noida Techie Was Conned

A Noida-based techie was cheated of Rs 60 lakh while being promised an inheritance of 12.5 million pounds, the police said. The e-mail scam played out over 2 years during which the victim, Tarun Varshney, received dozens of e-mails from different accounts. Accused have been arrested from Bareilly.

The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested three men for allegedly duping a Noida-based software engineer of Rs 60 lakh on the pretext of making him the heir to the fortune of a fictitious London-based NRI, officials said. The Noida-based techie was told he would be richer by 12.5 million pounds, they said. The accused were held on Friday from UP's Bareilly district by officials of the Cyber Crime Police Station Noida over the con job that started two years ago, they said. According to police, the victim, Tarun Varshney, was approached by the accused through an e-mail on January 8, 2019 which was signed in the name of ''Advocate Bruise Eddie''.