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Kaup: A woman identified as Haseena who had previously approached some people with an intention of adopting a girl was cheated of atleast Rs 9 Lakh. On questioning she was identified to be from Uchila Muloor. She stated that she got the information on the internet saying that a girl from England was up for adoption as per the law of the land.
After furnishing her details, she received a call on October 25 asking her to deposit money worth Rs 40,000 towards the essentials of the child. She deposited the money in Syndicate Bank, Kaup branch.
After this incident, she received many different calls from different people asking for money in order to release the parcel which “also contains pound sterling” failing which a case would be registered against her. As a result, Haseena lost a total of Rs 9 Lakh.
In her complaint to the police, she stated that she was defrauded of money and neither received the child nor the parcel.
