A retired well being official who responded to an e-mail despatched from an account resembling that of his buddy has misplaced ₹3.56 lakh.

In a criticism with the Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime Station right here on Tuesday, the 78-year-old former regional advisor of World Health Organisation, who stays in Attavar, mentioned he obtained the mail from the account johnpmeneze@gmail.com, which resembled johnpmenezes@gmail.com of his buddy, John Prasad Menezes, stating that Mr. Menezes’s son and his spouse in London have given start to a toddler. The retired official replied congratulating the couple.

Then he obtained one other mail from the identical electronic mail ID giving an impresssion that Mr. Prasad missed the flight from London to India as his spouse was unwell and therefore he wanted cash for the return flight.

The retired official responded and transferred a complete of ₹3.56 lakh between July 26 and July 31 from his Kotak Mahindra account to the account talked about within the electronic mail.

The police registered his criticism underneath Sections 66 (C) and 66 (D) of Information Technology Act and underneath Section 420 of Indian Penal Code.