Sunil Lohan
A Bengaluru resident has allegedly lost Rs.1.39 crore in a sophisticated forex investment scam operated through Telegram and multiple fraudulent trading websites.
According to the complaint,the victim came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Nisha Sharma through Telegram on April 9.
Using the Telegram handle (@Butterfly700k),she allegedly persuaded him to invest in forex trading through platforms purportedly associated with “Roboforex.”
The victim stated that he was directed to interact with another Telegram account,(@Roboforex_global_cs),and invest through several trading websites, including Roboforex.com, Roewatson.com, rongfenxd.com and rodrigofxeges.com.
Initially,Nisha allegedly encouraged him to make smaller investments of around Rs.50,000.
Over time,she repeatedly convinced him to invest larger amounts by showcasing substantial profits on the trading platform’s dashboard.
Trusting the apparent returns displayed on the websites, the complainant continued investing funds.
The victim alleged that he eventually invested a total of about Rs.1.39 crore.
The online trading account subsequently displayed a balance of nearly Rs.4.5 crore, including purported profits.
However when he sought to withdraw the funds, representatives of the so-called Roboforex team informed him that he would first have to pay Rs.92.5 lakh as “income tax”before the withdrawal could be processed.
The complainant suspects that the profits shown on the trading platform were fabricated to induce further investments and that the demand for an additional Rs.92.5 lakh was part of the fraud.
