A distressing incident has surfaced from Karnatakas Bengaluru, where a chartered accountant fell into a scam while trying to alleviate his financial troubles by selling his kidney but fell victim to a scam, losing Rs 6.2 lakh. The victim chose to sell his organ to clear his EMIs.According to the sources, the victim was resident of Mathikere, searched for the individuals online who were seeking donors on February 28 and got connected with one of the websites, where he found one number. Upon calling that number, he was asked to switch to WhatsApp to provide all his details like age, address and blood group.As per the victims statement, he was told that he was promised to give half the money before the operation and half after the donation. The deal was made for Rs 2 crore.During preliminary investigation, it was revealed that on the first go, the scammers asked him to pay the registration fee of Rs 8,000. Then, Rs 20,000 to purchase a code and Rs 85,000 to operate the code. Finally, he was asked to pay Rs 5 lakh, mentioning that it would help get them clearance of the funds to his account. The victim got suspicious when he was asked to pay another Rs 7 lakh for clearance of anti-drug forms and informed the police officials. Meanwhile, the investigation into the case has been initiated after registering a case under the Information Technology Act and IPC Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing the delivery of property). The fraudsters account has also been frozen.
