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Udupi: Lottery Fraud - In Hope of Getting Rs 8 Crore, Man Loses Rs 8 Lac!

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Udupi: Lottery Fraud - In Hope of Getting Rs 8 Crore, Man Loses Rs 8 Lac!

Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi

Udupi, May 5: Talk of taking the 'fizz' out of someone's dream, that too in the name of a cola company.

A man from Gundibail here has been cheated of Rs 8 lac in the name of Coca Cola company's 'lottery'.

As is the procedure always, the man received an e-mail stating that he had won 10 lac Great Britain pounds (Rs 8 crore) in lottery. Believing the claim, Panduranga Nayak of Ammunje in Gundibail responded to the e-mail and followed the procedures, ending up losing Rs 8 lac instead of winning Rs 8 crore.

Panduranga has lodged a complaint against persons named Muhter Kent, Steve Walter, Smith Gore and Robert Muller who allegedly called him on his phone and swindled lacs.

On March 14, Panduranga received an e-mail claiming that he had won Rs 8 crore bumper prize in lottery. Thereafter, from March 26 to April 18, he received instructions to pay for 'charges' incurred in remitting the prize money to him. As many 12 times, he was asked to send money to bank accounts on excuses like Delhi Airport fee, Arab currency conversion, tax clearance, anti-terrorist certificate, flight charges, police clearance, police release etc. This way, Panduranga ended up paying Rs 8,00,300 to unknown persons.

Finally, when he was asked to pay for 'documents Ministry of France', he responded that he had no more money with him and was allegedly abused. Only then did realization dawn upon him.

A case has been registered under sections 166/12, 420 under IPC and 66(a)(c) of IT Act.
  

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  • Hassan, karwar

    Tue, May 15 2012

    I think UK citizen are not behind these scams but most of the looters are African like Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, chad etc. Hope you people get alert and never be fooled

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  • Vishal, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Mon, May 07 2012

    Laabha daanthe b..ri bollog pothuje!

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  • GANESH KAMATH, UDUPI/DUBAI

    Sun, May 06 2012

    PANDU MAMA YOU ARE CHEATED BY UNKNOWN PEOPLE , DO YOU WANT TO SPEND SOME MORE MONE LEFT SEARCHING THESE UNKNOWN PEOPLE , U ARE A REAL FOOL OF CENTURY

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  • Sunil,

    Sun, May 06 2012

    Dinesh , Rakesh and Nagesh : never miss to agree with Each other . Keep up the team work .

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  • P.SADANANDA HERLE, PARAMPALLI

    Sun, May 06 2012

    Please do not waste another 2 lakhs for getting 8 lakhs back.certainly it appears that you may not receive back the amount since they are qualified hackers.

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  • Frustrated Indian, Mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    STUPID PANDU. Greed has no boundaries.

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  • Latha, Mangalore/USA

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Not sure whether real UK people are sending these fraud mails. But most of the times these kind of mails comes from UK to anyone in the world. Earlier UK looted the entire world with gun point. Now they are using these tactics to loot everyone.

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Beware! Many NRI's from North America and EUROPE Involved in such activities.

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  • jamil ahmed, udupi/qatar

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Dear Friends,
    Please don't be a prey to such emails. This is a lessons learnt from Sri Ammunje Panduranga Nayak. ALL the culprits look for his or hers account number and finally they wipe your account through their tricks. Similar emails from Africa come indicating they want to transfer a big ransack to his or hers account. Please don't be a victim of these emails. It is enough one gets money through a hard earned way. I am ver soory to note the loss of Sri Ammunje Panduranga Nayak, which shouldn't have happened. As per European policy nothing is free and easy in this world.

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  • Jaimini P.B., Manipal,Sharjah

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Mr.Panduranga Nayak..It is a Million $ Question to me .."HOW DID YOU EARN Rs.8 LAKHS before losing it ?".

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  • John DSilva, Karkala/Mumbai

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Sad to note that an educated man like Panduranga has become victim of fraudster. The Government and Reserve Bank of India has been repeatedly cautioning the people about such frauds. There is no end for greed. The result loss of big money. Its a warning to all such people who crave for easy money.

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  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Dianez
    My 'poems' for you have been censored.
    I don't know why...
    But will you try?
    Of late, with my poems, Daiji
    Is not feeling that 'Easy'
    And it's surely not 'cause I'm dating Daisy!

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  • Dianez, Mlore/Muscat

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Thanks Bhandarkar for your poems.
    Atleast Mr.Pandu can be now happy by reading the poems.

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  • R.Bhandarkar., M

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Talk of a man from 'Gundibail', falling into a 'Gundi' with nobody to bail him out!

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  • P Shirish Kumar Hosabettu, Muscat, Mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Till the unmatured fools like Rahul Rao exists this will going to happen. People should realise,with out participating in scheme or purchasing Lottery tickets, how you will win lottery prize? . It is common every day we receive mails & SMS from unknown people. Still we believe them & without getting any document how we can pay any money? If a begger comes to your compound gate you chase him out or think twice to pay him 1 rupee.

    Blaming State Government or Central Government is foolishness. We have to be alert for such frauds.

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Rakesh Shetty and Nagesh, these kind of mails are common in every part of the world. I get dozen in the gulf every week. How govt can control spam mails? High time government advertise against such scam mails in the news papers insted of blowing own trumphet by spending millions of tax payers money!! Govt mainly state should spend money to educate people by means of advertiserments!! Media too should write regular articles against such lottery and very high interst rates and fraud investment lures!!

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  • Rajesh Kumar, Brahmavara

    Sat, May 05 2012

    We should educate our people, how to use the internet. Now days these kind of 'unknown emails' are common. Normally these kind of emails are considered as SPAM. one should these emails or transfer to the spam. If you reply, you will end up with this type of tragedy.

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  • Gopal, Banglaore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    We are getting lot of mails for all lottery winning but never tried to reply on this. Now How come this person has adjusted 8lakhs for this silly email???? How can the people blame govt and leagal dept??? This is our mistake to make money in indirect method and boosting these. If a person arranged Rs. 8/-lakh for the fees should have the ability to arrange 8 crores also because anything can be done. Blaming others is like making fool ourselves where this guy become fool and it is shame to all of us. Lets try to earn the money by hard and not in this way

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  • shabeer, padubidri

    Sat, May 05 2012

    last 3 years same e-mail received, i excited and ask one of my south african engineer regarding these, he said that don't interact with them. these all fraud.so, never replied on that e-mail ignored.after taht i received lot of e-mail.so please dont be cheated on these type lottery-scam.

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  • Aladdin Pais, Mangalore / Mumbai

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Hi,

    May I request Daijiworld's intervention in this regard...

    This in the way of having announcements at Churches / mosques / temples about such frauds.

    Hope I am not asking for too much, but then as the Central Govt. is trying to do its best through adverts. on TV there is need for messages of being cautious about such fraudster mails going out right to each and every one.

    If you all have not experienced this... mails are coming from a similar looking Income Tax Dept. site ( which looks perfectly genuine) giving you the exact details of the IT refund expected by you when you had filed your returns, thereby making one believe it is true... but then by this the fraudster / cheater tracks all your bank a/c's to cheat you.

    Kind Regards

    Aladdin Pais

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  • vpm, dubai

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Even i got similar message in my mobile, and i responed them with carefully. After few weeks they send the certificate of cash money which was credited in my name with one of the bank in Europe. Interestly i checked with the concerned bank in Europe with several emails, and even i told them about the scam they make in the name of their bank( with scanned copy of certificate issued). That bank even not bothered to inform me about the possible fraud in issuing cerrficate in my name. It seems that even some of the staff in concerned banks are also indireclty involved in such scams. Otherwise bank would have send me the caution reply for the certificate issued in my name. one thing we should always think that without benefit no one will make business even for just 1 paise. Hence dont be greedy for money which is not belong to us.

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  • Frederick Pinto, Shirva

    Sat, May 05 2012

    The lottary information advises that you have won a prize, but you did not enter or buy any lottary ticket then how you can win the prize?....! In another case recently a software engineer lost Rs. 2 lakh in Bangalore. Fraud happened in most of the educated peoples only. Why these fraud SMS,Messages only in India?
    Key tips:- a) You can't win a prize in a lottery you haven't bought or been given a ticket for.
    b) Legitimate lotteries don't ask for funds in advance of paying out prize money.
    c) Never proide personal identify information,bank accounts,address to a company or person you do not know.
    d) Keep on mind if you receive sms/messages in your mobiles you win lottery that means 100% fraud.

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  • Jawar D'Souza, M'lore/Doha

    Sat, May 05 2012

    I am very Happy for Paduranga for winning 8 Crores I have also won many times but did not send them money, so they are also clever and did not send me the Money. Please do not forget Pandu to send your account number. It's a shame to the Society to still to have such fools around. Better luck next time Pandu.

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  • R.G.VAZ, Hirgan-Muscat

    Sat, May 05 2012

    "AATHI AASE GATHI GHEDU"MR.PANDU,I MYSELF GOT SEVERAL MAILS LIKE THAT FROM UK AS WELL AS FROM AFRICAN PEOPLE.ONCE I PROCEEDED KNOWINGLY AND WHEN THEY STARTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE I TOO TOLD THEM TO DEDUCT FROM MY WINNING AMOUNT AND SEND THE BALANCE AMOUNT TO ME.DON'T GET FOOL FROM THESE TYPE OF JOBLESS DONKEY'S.BE CAREFULL ALWAYS INTERNET DEALINGS AND PASS ON THESE TYPE OF ACTIVITES TO OTHERS IN ADVANCE.

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Sat, May 05 2012

    RAHUL RAO, MANGALORE

    Grow up man, don't pass ridiculous comments. State Police is trying their best to educate people on such emails, sms and calls.

    It is educated people like you falling prey to such fraudsters.

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  • Sunil, mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    I agree with Rakesh shetty,mangloare & Nagesh nayak,bangalore.

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  • Alisha, barkur/kuwait

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Be careful of such fraud e mails,Sometime back I received a mail from UK,that i hv won a lottery of 1 crore, and they told me to send their handling charges thru western union, as they gave me some number of western union money transfer if not send the dd to to them. since i told them i am also working for a bank in kuwait, and i cannot send swift transfer from my account rather i told them these charges you may deduct from the amount which i won and send to me.After many such mails, they hv finally not responded and i started to threaten them thru various mails.

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  • RAHUL RAO, MANGALORE

    Sat, May 05 2012

    VER BAD. THIS IS THE NEGLIGENCE OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT. THEY SHOULD BAN ALL SUCH NONSENSE SCAMS.

    THEY SHOULD BLOCK SUCH SCAM SMS AND ALSO GIVE ALERT TO IT, MOBILE COMPANIES SIM DEALERS,LOTTERY DEALERS ETC.

    THEN ONLY LIKE THIS SCAN WILL COME TO END. OTHERWISE POOR PEOPLE WILL SUFFER IN THIS SUCH SCAMS.

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  • nagesh nayak, bangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    IN THIS WHOLE EPISODE THERE IS NO RSS, BD,VHP,SRS,BJP ETC...

    WHERE IS ITALIAN LED CONGRESS LEADER SIBBU INCLE WHO IS EXPERT IN BANNING SOCIAL NETWORK .

    WHY HE IS NOT BANNING THIS KIND OF MAILS & ARREST THE PEOPLE.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumbai

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Karnataka people are very greedy for money just like our .....

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  • Dianez, Mlore/Muscat

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Mr. R.Bhandarkar., M, where are you? Missing your poems! Pls don't disappear like this from Daiji. Am sure like me, many more will be missing your apt poems.

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  • U.M.SHETYY, BANGALORE

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Being educated getting fooled is really amazing .. If uneducated does this ok ... always do not waste time reading such emails .. please immediately and ignore such things .. free lunch will not be available any where in the world .. and before doing such things discuss with your collegues and friends , but some times people hesitate to discuss because they wanted to become rich overnight and they dont want to disclose .. at least now onwards pl such msgs ...

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  • Ismail, Moodbidri

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Recently, one of my friend received a call from an African country,congratulating him, he informed that he has won $ 1 million. He just asked him to keep money for himself and he cut the line. If you receive such calls or any e-mail just ignore it.

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  • naveen kulshekar, Mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Very often this type of swindling news appeared in news papers,how these foreigners cheat Indian people,still our people become scapegoat of such fraud informations,God only have to save such people.a few years back I also recd a email of winning 22lakhs pounds and they asked me to pay the expenses for that I wrote back to them advising to deduct the expenses from the winning amt and send the restthearafter they did not contact me.Please be carefull.

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  • Vipul Suvarna, Someshwar, Sydney

    Sat, May 05 2012

    I feel sorry for this man. We all receive these kind of scam messages. I wish he had discussed with some friends before parting with all those so called 'fees' involved in getting the prize delivered. Nothing can be done done. Many gullible people around the world fall for these scams. Once I got a letter from Spain telling me that I had won a Zillion Euros. I wrote to them thanking for their honesty and asked them to debit all the fees involved, keep 10% for themselves and send the rest of the money to me. It's been 2 years and I am still waiting for the cheque!!
    If you get any mail or messages, just google and you can get all the information about the related scams.

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  • Rakesh shetty, mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    VER BAD. THIS IS THE NEGLIGENCE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. THEY SHOULD BAN ALL SUCH NONSENSE SCAMS.

    THEY SHOULD BLOCK SUCH SCAM SMS AND ALSO GIVE ALERT TO IT, MOBILE COMPANIES SIM DEALERS,LOTTERY DEALERS ETC.

    THEN ONLY LIKE THIS SCAN WILL COME TO END. OTHERWISE POOR PEOPLE WILL SUFFER IN THIS SUCH SCAMS.

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  • prabha, mangalore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    even i got an mail and message in my mobile the same type a year back, when contacted them asked to remit a certain amount for courier and clearance. alerted by this i just d the mail.

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  • VA, BAHRAIN

    Sat, May 05 2012

    Greediness plays a major role in this case
    VAN
    BAHRAIN

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  • Thomas, Mlore

    Sat, May 05 2012

    I get these mails on a daily basis :). IDk what makes people pay 8 lakhs.

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  • Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru

    Sat, May 05 2012

    ಮೋಸ ಹೋಗುವವರು ಇರುವವರೆಗೂ, ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡುವವರು ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

    Vittala vittala Panduranga vittala...

    Govinda govinda 8 laksha govinda....

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