Gondal bike showroom owner loses 33L in pizza franchise lure

A man in Rajkot, Gujarat lost 3342 lakh rupees to cyber crooks in Gondal. Jayendra Jethwa, the victim, lodged a complaint with Gondal City Police Station against seven unknown account holders of various banks in which he deposited the money over the last month. Jethwa unsuccessfully applied for the franchise in 2020 and 2021. On September 3 last year, Jethwa received a call from a person on the other side identifying himself as Rajesh Gupta, the public relations officer pro of Domino's India with the head office at Gautam Buddha Nagar in Noida Uttar Pradesh. The caller told him that his application had been accepted and the company will conduct an area survey followed by his online interview before finalizing the caller also sought his basic details like his education fluency in English his current business and annual turnover among many personal more details. Jethwa checked the online address of Domino's India and it was the same as mentioned by the caller thus he trusted the caller and believed that the details sought were in response to his application. The same day he received another call from the same person who asked him to deposit Rs 47600 as a registration fee through Google Pay which was nonrefundable. Thereafter