of ndtv Report A 19-year-old man has been arrested in Rajasthan’s Ajmer for defrauding over 200 people of around Rs 42 lakh through a fake investment scheme, police said on Monday. This youth is a student of class 11th and his name is said to be Kashif Mirza. According to the police, it targeted social media users by making fake promises. Yuva promised people that they would get huge profits by investing in this fake scheme.
Police further said that Mirza was an “influencer” and had a large number of followers on Instagram. He told the victims that by investing Rs 99,999 for 13 weeks, they would get Rs 1,39,999.
“Initially, they gave profits to a few investors so that they would be impressed and tell more people about it,” an official told NDTV.
A Hyundai Verna car, a cash counting machine, phone and laptop were recovered from Mirza. Now he has been sent on police remand for two days.
Such frauds have increased in recent times, where people are given fake promises of huge returns in exchange of good jobs or investments and are defrauded of lakhs of rupees. We would advise you to closely check such contacts made through SMS, email or any other means. If you have any doubt, you can also complain about such fraud person or group to Cyber Police.