bengaluru a woman wanted a pet parrot so badly that she didnt take some basic precautions while trying to buy one online she eventually lost rs 71500 to a fraudster shrija d a 32yearold pet lover from vijayakumar layout sarjapur road in southeast bengaluru filed a complaint with cyber crime police seeking the arrest of the conman who played on her emotions and made away with her money shrija told police she came in contact with bobby when she was looking to buy a parrot online he shared his facebook account and whatsapp number with her and she believed he was a genuine seller after haggling with bobby over the price between june 21 and june 23 she struck a deal to purchase a parrort she transferred the money through net banking to different bank accounts he suggested she neither got the parrot nor could she get through to bobby who didnt take her calls and didnt reply to her frantic whatsapp messages on realising she had been taken for a ride she approached cops on june 25 cyber crime police registered a case of cheating and various sections of the information technology act 2000 against bobby they are verifying details of bank accounts to which she had transferred moneypolice have been regularly issuing warnings about online conmen who prey on those who dont take basic precautions like setting up facetoface meetings before proceeding with business transactions