Pune: A woman (28) working with a private company in Pimpri Chinchwad lost Rs 9.4 lakh to cyber crooks in an online share trading fraud between May and June.The cybercrooks promised her handsome returns on her investments in the share market via them and shared several bank account numbers for the money. On Saturday, the woman lodged a complaint with the Dehu Road police.An officer from the Dehu Road police said the woman came into contact with the crooks through a social media platform. They lured her to download an app for trading shares as well as monitoring her profit. “The crooks lured the woman with the promise to sell some shares at cheap rates and took Rs 9.4 lakh from her to different bank accounts within a month between May and June,” the officer said.He said when the woman tried to withdraw her profit, the crooks started demanding more money by citing different reasons. When she did not get her money, the woman realised that she was being duped and approached the police. “Our investigations are on,” he said.
