RAMGARH: Patratu police have lodged an FIR against a finance company of a big corporate house and a cyber cafe in Bhurkunda in connection with a cyber crime. Manohar Kumar of Jainagar village under Patratu block of Ramgarh district was cheated of Rs 70,000 through a fake email which had informed him that his request for a loan of Rs 10 lakh had been sanctioned and directed him to deposit he processing fees in two bank accounts.
Happy to have received the mail, Kumar deposited the money with the accounts mentioned in the email. When he visited the branch office of the finance company, he came to know that the email was fake, Patratu OC Madan Prasad said adding that an advertisement was published in a newspaper related to an attractive offer for loan up to Rs 10 lakh.
Kumar applied for loan as per direction given in the advertisement. However officials of the finance company denied to have released such advertisement, police said. "We have also conducted a raid in a cyber cafe in Bhurkunda," Prasad said. The matter is being investigated by police.