2 arrested for duping women in ‘friendship gift scam’
The Hindu
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly running a friendship scam wherein they duped innocent women on the pretext of sending them gifts from abroad and asked them to pay Customs clearance, the p
Two persons have been arrested for allegedly running a friendship scam wherein they duped innocent women on the pretext of sending them gifts from abroad and asked them to pay Customs clearance, the police said on Saturday.
DCP (Outer) Parvinder Singh said the accused have been identified as Damodar, resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh and his accomplice Rehmat Khan.
The police said the matter came to light on August 24 when a woman, a resident of Rani Bagh, approached them and stated that she befriended one Jeams, who claimed to be from the U.K., on Instagram. He asked her to pay his agent ₹60,000 on the pretext of sending gifts to her. He claimed the amount was required for Customs clearance. However, even when she paid the sum, no goods were ever sent to her, the police said.
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