Chamarajanagar: In yet another case of miscreants cheating people online, fraudsters, who made a trader believe that they will purchase old coins and currencies at a higher price, called and threatened the trader by posing themselves as CBI Officers and have extorted Rs. 2.95 lakh from him.
The trader, who was cheated, is 48-year-old Ravikumar Rao, a resident of Nayakara Street in the town. Ravikumar, while browsing YouTube channel, came across an advertisement, which stated that old coins and currencies will be purchased at a higher price. He then contacted Mob: 99574-91251, which was mentioned in the advertisement.
