A software engineer from Mahabubabad in Telangana fell prey to a online gold trading scam and lost Rs 4,15,000 to cyber fraudsters recently.
The victim identified as P Devender, who works as a software engineer in Hyderabad, alleged that on December 15, he received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown number along with links to a website to register for gold trading.
Initially, Devendra ignored the message and did not respond. However he kept receiving details of gold trading and how profitable it was.