Pune: Some online fraudsters allegedly threatened a 29-year-old executive of a private firm to upload her morphed photographs on social media while demanding immediate repayment of the balance amount of a quick loan she took through a cellphone application.The woman, a resident of Mundhwa, lodged a police complaint on Monday. According to the Mundhwa police, the complainant came across an online advertisement for a quick loan while scrolling through her social media feed in the first week of Jan.Senior inspector Smita Wasnik of the Mundhwa police said, “As soon as the victim clicked on the advertisement, an online form opened. It prompted her to fill in her personal details. She allowed the application to access her phone’s gallery, contacts and other important information, too.”She said, “After filling in the form, the victim applied for a loan of Rs30,000. Within minutes, the loan amount was credited to her bank account.” Wasnik said, “The victim had taken the loan for six months and started repaying it through EMIs. She paid the first three EMIs as scheduled by the loan application.” She said, “The complainant started receiving threat calls and messages from the fraudsters since March 6, demanding immediate repayment of the balance amount of the loan. The crooks continued to threaten the private firm’s executive even after she told them that she paid the EMIs on time.”Wasnik said, “The suspects morphed the victim’s photographs and sent them to her. They threatened to upload these on social media if she failed to make the payment immediately. The crooks used VPNs and their phone numbers appeared to be registered in Pakistan. The victim panicked after receiving these threats and approached the police.”
