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Mumbai Crime: Borivli engineer duped of Rs 50,000 by 'Army man' looking for rented house online
Updated On: 09 March, 2021 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The modus operandi involves targeting people who upload advertisements to rent their houses. The accused then calls the victim and tells them that he has got posted in Mumbai and is in dire need of a house as he is travelling with his family from Pune
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A resident of Borivli was duped of Rs 50,000 by an e-fraudster, who posed as an Army officer and contacted the victim for an advertisement he had placed on a real estate database to rent his flat.
Samip Patil, an engineer, is the second such victim in the city. He was duped on February 19, stated a report in The Times of India.
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