Incident 1: Last November 25, Saroj Limbu, resident of Dharan-15, received a link from an unknown number on his WhatsApp. When you open what's up, you will directly go to the ID named Alianna (ALLINNA) in the Telegram app. From that ID, the temptation is shown that 'if you earn money online from home with a small investment, then invest, after 100% of the investment is completed, more commission will come along with the investment'.

After Limbu agrees to work, the man of the said ID asks him to send five hundred initially, he immediately sends the money . 700 is received with investment and commission in e-service account . If you want to play another 'task' from there, you are asked to send two thousand . Again, Limbu sends the money from the e-service account to Nepal Investment Megha Bank account number and after completing another task, 2500 rupees will come to his account. 

If you play another task, you are asked to send 25,000 . Since the money is coming in well, the person sends the money to the NIC Asia Bank account sent by that person . But the answer comes - 'The task is not complete, send 81 thousand again and more money will come from sending the amount sent in advance and commission.' In this way, it is often said that the task is not completed and he  Again they send up to 1 lakh . From there, now the temptation is shown that 'Send 5 five lakhs, everything will be returned with the investment' . Limbu becomes bitter after repeatedly not completing the task . Saying that he has no money, he asks for the money back but he is 'blocked'. 

Only then does he realize that he has been cheated . In this way, he has sent 3 lakh 50 thousand rupees to the bank account in the name of different people with different names on 5 occasions.

incident 2 
Dharan-3's Saru Rai was cheated like Saroj Limbu last October 13. Opening a link on her WhatsApp led to the ID of Angela (ANGELA) on the Telegram app. If the person of that ID earns money online from home with little investment, then invest, after 100% of the investment is completed, an additional 30% commission will come along with the investment . At the time of initial investment, after asking to place an order of 500, she immediately sends the money . After that, it is said to complete the task in the link. After completing the task, 500 and 30 percent of the profit is also sent as said by the person. 

Saru, who is greedy, says that she will do the job again, and is asked to send another thousand. But this year the task will not be completed 100 percent . Being tempted to get 100% if she invests more, she sends 2 lakh 12 thousand 608 rupees . But the task is not completed. After asking for another 50,000, she asks for her investment back . After this, those people are contactless . 

In this way, Saru cheated 41 thousand 232 rupees in the Global IMI Bank account in the name of different people, 30 thousand 600 in NMB Bank, 38 thousand in Muktinath Bank, 10 thousand in Jyoti Bikas Bank, 13 thousand 345 rupees in Nepal Bank Limited, 1 thousand in Lakshmi Sunrise Bank, 77 thousand in Siddharth Bank, 500 in Nabil Bank, totaling 2 lakh 12 thousand 8 hundred rupees.

event 3 
Dumbar Rai of Dharan-12 tried to buy a second hand iPhone through a Facebook page called 'Apple Store'. After knowing that the price of the iPhone is only 22,000, he immediately sent the amount through mobile banking without thinking. Only after the Facebook user blocked him saying 'money is on hold' did he realize that he was cheated.

event 4 
Suresh Yadav of Dharan-15 lost 24,000 while trying to buy pants-shorts through an Instagram page called 'Docs Online Store'. At first, he ordered for 1800 and he lost 24,000 rupees when he repeatedly sent money saying that the amount was on hold. After receiving the money, he was also blocked as in the previous incident. These are some representative cases of fraud through

online. Gangs of financial fraud using social media and online media have become active in eastern cities including Dharan.

Dharan police said that they come daily with complaints of online fraud. The attraction towards online business is increasing. Along with that, the risk of fraud has also increased," said DSP Prakash Jabegu of the area police office Sunsari, "There is no possibility that fraud will stop unless the public becomes aware of it."

The police have been asking the general public to be careful in online use and stay away from suspicious links or pages. According to the police, from July to March of the current financial year, only 84 people from Dharan area who have been cheated online have filed a complaint and 10 cases have been registered. "Most of the victims of fraud are educated youth," said DSP Jabegu.

The people involved in online fraud have adopted many tricks to keep the common people in their clutches . Many common people are also cheated on the pretext of sending parcels by becoming friends on social networks . Pratibha Shakya living in Dharan-15 fell into the trap of such fraud. She became friends with Victor Randall, who lives in America, on TikTok. The conversation started on Hruwatsap too . The man said he was abroad and said he would send the parcel as a gift.

They convinced us by sending pictures of mobile phones, watches, bags of cash, etc. from America. She was excited . I got a call from another number asking me to send Rs 70,000 through mobile banking to pay taxes to the government as your parcel arrived from Nepal's airport. He didn't hesitate to give money in the joy of getting the goods .

They send a mobile banking statement to the phone number from the airport in Nepal and on WhatsApp. But by calling again from the same number, they start asking for money saying that since there is one hundred thousand dollars in your parcel, you have to pay tax to Nepal government and it will cost one hundred thousand and fifty eight thousand more. Without thinking anything, Pratibha says that she will send 89,000 again and will send the remaining amount the next day. She asks for the photo of the parcel and the address of the office but suddenly she  By blocking, those people become contactless . In this way, she gets cheated of 149,000 in the happiness of getting a parcel by becoming friends with a stranger.

It has been revealed from the police investigation that there is a widespread case of cheating by pretending to be friends and sending parcels on online apps such as TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, Viber and others. According to the police, most of the middle-aged women have become victims in such incidents. Sunsari Police received 62 complaints of online fraud last year. 7 of them were settled and 6 cases were registered. 49 fraud cases are still pending.

In Nepal, due to the lack of skilled manpower related to the internet and the apps that change daily, it is difficult to find fraudsters . "Many people do not bother to file a complaint in such cases," said advocate Deepak Kumar Budhathoki, "which is why fraudsters are getting more encouragement in Nepal." Article 42 of the Information Technology Act, 2063 states that if a person obtains cash, goods or services by using the Internet, website, email, mobile apps, etc., it is considered a crime of fraud. Advocate Budhathoki said that there is a provision of imprisonment for up to three years, or a fine of up to two lakh rupees, or both.