Teacher’s family duped twice in cyberfraud, loses ₹45 lakh in fake investment scam

A 35-year-old school teacher, whose family had earlier suffered substantial financial losses in cyberfraud, has once again fallen victim to online scamsters, losing ₹45 lakh in a fake investment scheme while attempting to recover her family’s financial losses.According to a complaint lodged with the East CEN Police, the teacher, a resident of Kamaraj Road, stated that her husband had previously been cheated in cyberfraud, leaving the family under heavy debt. To repay the earlier losses, they had availed a gold loan and were searching for investment opportunities that promised better returns.In November 2025, the couple came across an online investment application through social media. The operators of the application assured them of exceptionally high returns. Believing the claims, the cou