Cyber fraudsters duped a 53-year-old man of Rs 73,990 after he searched for the contact number of a financial institution on Google. The Khar police registered a case against an unidentified person for alleged fraud on November 17.

Loan Details and Initial Search

According to the FIR, the complainant, Rajesh M., a resident of Khar West, works as a marketing professional. Two years ago, he had taken a loan of Rs 2 lakh from Aditya Birla Capital Finance and was paying a monthly instalment of Rs 10,852. The remaining loan amount of Rs 73,990 was to be paid off in one go.

On October 13, around 3.30 pm, he searched for the contact number of the company on Google. He tried calling the number he found but could not connect.

Fraud Call and Payment

Shortly after, he received a call from a man

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