Shillong, February 08: The police said that they have received several complains that unscrupulous persons who call up over phone offering to sell gold for a less than market rate citing that the gold has been accidently unearthed while digging up a construction site.
The callers always insist on the intending buyers to come to Assam (Upper Assam) to make the payment. Despite several advisories, several people from this district are still falling prey to such calls and are lured to make payments only to be duped.
In a recent case one person from Mawngap who had fallen victim to such a caller went all the way to Tezpur, Assam to make a payment of Rs.7,00,000/- (Rupees seven lakhs ) for gold bars, only to realize later that the same was bronze and coated with golden colour.
A case has been registered in Laban Police Station for cheating and investigation is on to identify and arrest the culprits. Public are once again alerted to be cautious and not to fall prey to such callers.
