2 women dupe man of Rs 2.25 L

A Mumbai-based businessman approached the Bangur Nagar police claiming that he had been duped of Rs 2.25 lakh by two women under the pretext of exchanging US dollars at a cheap rate. The victim claimed that the women instead of giving him US dollars duped the victim by giving him newspaper scrap.

According to the victim, Hanif Shaikh, he met a woman near Malad West who showed him a $20 currency note and asked him to help her convert it to Indian Rupees as she didn't understand what exactly it was. Thinking that the woman is genuine, Shaikh got the note converted returned the money to her. The woman told Shaikh that she was working at an international citizen's house who gave her few household items in which she got 1,335 of such notes. The woman offered to give all the notes to Shaikh which amounted to around Rs 18 lakh and asked him to pay Rs 3 lakh in return.

However, after exchanging the notes for Rs 2.25 lakh, he found that there were newspapers cuttings in the shape of notes instead of US dollars.

"I had checked all the notes before taking it from them but I don't know how did they tricked and exchanged original with a duplicate bundle. She cheated me stating that she cannot deposit it in the bank as she does not have a bank account and hence she cannot get it converted. Later I learnt that it's a gang who trick people with same modus operandi," said Shaikh.