Mangaluru: A 60-year-old woman was allegedly duped of Rs 13.7 lakh by unidentified persons who lured her with promises of high returns through online share trading.According to the complaint filed with CEN Crime police, the woman received messages on WhatsApp on May 28, purportedly from a company named WSFX Global Pay/Quantum AI, claiming that investing in share trading would fetch high returns. Subsequently, an unidentified person using the name Joshua B Saji contacted her through a WhatsApp call from a UK number and persuaded her to invest in trading after collecting her personal details.Believing the claims, she initially transferred Rs 15,819 through UPI on May 28. Subsequently, between May 28 and Aug 27, she transferred a total of Rs 13.5 lakh in multiple transactions through NEFT and RTGS to bank accounts provided by the accused.When she later tried to withdraw her investment, she was unable to do so. Her calls to the persons who had contacted her went unanswered, following which she suspected that she had been cheated. The CEN Crime police have registered a case and are investigating.
