{"id":47577,"date":"2024-05-10T08:33:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/rs-1-88-crore-scam-how-trusted-whatsapp-group-on-stock-tips-scammed-thane-businessman\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T08:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:33:35","slug":"rs-1-88-crore-scam-how-trusted-whatsapp-group-on-stock-tips-scammed-thane-businessman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/10\/rs-1-88-crore-scam-how-trusted-whatsapp-group-on-stock-tips-scammed-thane-businessman\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs 1.88 crore scam: How “trusted” WhatsApp group on stock tips scammed Thane businessman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 48-year-old businessman<\/a> in Thane<\/a>, Maharashtra<\/a>, was duped out of a staggering Rs 1.88 crore in a cunning share trading scam<\/a> orchestrated via WhatsApp. The victim, who owns a coaching class, was lured into the scheme after being added to a group called ‘STOCK Vanguard (F)’ in March. This group, with around 170 members, actively shared stock tips<\/a> and trading advice, which initially convinced the businessman of its legitimacy.<\/p>\n

“As per the complainant, an unidentified person added him to the WhatsApp group ‘STOCK Vanguard (F)’ in March,” revealed an official.<\/p>\n

Impressed by the group’s recommendations, he invested in the suggested shares. This seemingly positive move resulted in him being invited to another, more exclusive group named ‘STOCK-Vanguard-VIP’. Here, three individuals posing as Isha, Divya, and Raj Rupani further manipulated him. They presented him with a fabricated SEBI certificate<\/a> to establish trust and then convinced him to invest through a dubious app called CINVEN\/IC SERVICES<\/a>, promising significant returns.<\/p>\n

Falling prey to their deceptive tactics, the businessman invested a substantial sum exceeding Rs 1.88 crore. <\/p>\n

However, when he attempted to withdraw his funds, he was completely ignored. <\/p>\n

With no response forthcoming, he realised he had been scammed and reported the incident to the Vitthalwadi police station<\/a>. A case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code<\/a> (cheating<\/a>) has been registered, but the perpetrators remain at large.Inputs from agencies <\/em><\/div>\n


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A 48-year-old businessman in Thane, Maharashtra, was duped out of a staggering Rs 1.88 crore in a cunning share trading scam orchestrated via WhatsApp. The victim, who owns a coaching class, was lured into the scheme after being added to a group called ‘STOCK Vanguard (F)’ in March. This group, with around 170 members, actively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-110004133,imgsize-221309.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[29112,6291,48224,1955,659,42157,2708,410,48226,48221,1601,27757,48223,48225,16434,19376,40357,48222,3197,48220],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47579,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577\/revisions\/47579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}