Surat: A gang of thugs who were extorting money online by offering to sell expensive toys at cheap prices were caught.

Surat: If you are making a purchase on Facebook, be careful, otherwise you may get scammed... In Surat, a case has come to the fore of money by placing a greedy advertisement of toys for just Rs 389.

The Varachha police caught the gang who posted an advertisement on Facebook selling expensive toys for just 389 rupees and received online money transfer and did not deliver. As those cheated of small amounts avoid filing complaints, the gang used to cheat small amounts to avoid police action. 13.86 lakh transaction was found by the police from the gang's Federal Bank account.

26-year-old Sagar Joshi, living in Umiya Complex in Maruti Chowk, Varachha and working as an accountant, saw the advertisement on Facebook. As he was getting an expensive toy car for just Rs 389, this young man placed an order for it on January 4th through Paytm through a UPI called Shyam Enter Price. eye. Online payment was done in D. However, even after paying this money, the order book did not show. After a short time this website itself was shut down and the matter seemed suspicious. When the youth reached Varachha police station and lodged a complaint, police inspector A.B. Gabbani took the case seriously and investigated and a huge racket was uncovered.

Nikhil Hasmukh Sawalia, Avnik Bharat Vaghasia, Lakshant alias Bhurio Pankaj Dawara were carrying out the fraud. The gang has cheated millions of rupees. According to the confession of the accused, they used to cheat people by advertising to sell toys at cheap prices. They did not make any kind of delivery after receiving the money. The modus operandi of the gang was such that if a large amount of money was defrauded, people were suspected to file a complaint at the police station. For this, if small amount of money is cheated, people used to cheat with small amount of money as they avoid to complain to the police. The trio collected lakhs of rupees by extorting money. People who have been cheated by this gang have been appealed to contact the police.