After luring a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) employee into buying old coins and notes for ₹99 lakh, a conman made away with ₹1.87 lakh from him in Whitefield in the first week of August.
Lakshmaiah, 55, from Whitefield filed a complaint with the cybercrime police after realising that he had been cheated on Tuesday.
In his complaint, Lakshmaiah said that he had old currency notes of ₹5 , ₹2, and ₹1 denomination and a few coins of one paise and two paise. He said he saw an advertisement on Facebook about a person offering to buy old notes and coins for a decent amount. Curious, Lakshmaiah called the number and told him about the old currency notes and coins he had.
