Cases of fraudsters targeting people with disabilities on rise Lisa Monteiro / May 17, 2022, 04:25 IST taking advantage ...................................................... ................................ Panaji: After receiving several complaints from persons with disabilities and their families of getting cheated of their hard-earned money, the Disability Rights Association of Goa has appealed to these people not to invest or give their money to unidentified persons or make payments through their mobile phones or other device transactions on digital media to unknown accounts.President Avelino de Sa said the association has had to intervene many times over the past year, the most recent case being on Tuesday, following complaints of persons with disability who trusted unidentified persons and getting duped. “The problem with financial frauds is that it is very difficult to recover the money. This vulnerable group is considered a soft target with unscrupulous people trying to get close to them and then taking advantage. We have appealed to them to invest money only in reputed companies approved by the government and check their background before investing. In case of any doubt, they can always contact the association,” he said.One case the association intervened in was that of a wheelchair user working in a government setup at Vasco who got cheated out of Rs 4.5 lakh. “The man said he was working for a company setting up mobile towers in Hubbali and Dharwad and promised to double his money in six months. The man gave him a cheque for Rs 4.5 lakh and even visited him at Baina where he said he was living with his brother. No sooner had the money been debited, the man disappeared,” member of the state advisory board on disability Prakash Kamat said. The man produced an agreement he had signed in Kannada. documentation under the guise of selling property to them.“Generally, people don’t communicate with persons with disabilities, but approach their relatives and win their trust,” Kamat said.A third case was reported from Agasaim where a visually impaired man building his house was befriended by a youth at his place of work who told there was no need to go to the bank each time to withdraw money to pay the contractor and downloaded Paytm on his phone and transferred money. When the contractor didn’t receive his second instalment it was found that the youth had transferred money to Kaun Banega Crorepati online to win Rs 25 lakh. When the association intervened, they found that the youth had no means to pay back the money and was waiting for a win of Rs 25 lakh. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/cases-of-fraudsters-targeting-people-with-disabilities-on-rise/articleshow/91604676.cms
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