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You were cheated out of money

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The rule

Deceiving someone so they hand over money or property is cheating. It is a crime, and you can also sue to recover the money.

What is wrong

What happens next

Police investigate and file the case in court. Online cheating is also an offence under the Online Safety Act.

The punishment

What you can do

Where to get justice

Police station; for online scams, also the Online Safety Commission

Free legal help: Legal Aid Commission 011 533 5329. Emergencies: Police 119, Suwa Seriya ambulance 1990. Bribery complaints: 1954.

ඔබව රවටා මුදල් ගත්තා

නීතිය

කෙනෙකු රවටා මුදල් හෝ දේපළ ලබා ගැනීම වංචාවයි. එය අපරාධයකි; මුදල් අයකර ගැනීමට නඩු ද පැවරිය හැක.

වැරැද්ද කුමක්ද

ඊළඟට සිදුවන්නේ

පොලිසිය විමර්ශනය කර අධිකරණයේ නඩු පවරයි. මාර්ගගත වංචාව මාර්ගගත ආරක්ෂණ පනත යටතේ ද වරදකි.

දඬුවම

ඔබට කළ හැකි දේ

යුක්තිය ලබා ගත හැකි තැන

පොලිස් ස්ථානය; මාර්ගගත වංචා සඳහා මාර්ගගත ආරක්ෂණ කොමිෂන් සභාව ද

නොමිලේ නීති උදව්: නීති ආධාර කොමිෂන් සභාව 011 533 5329. හදිසි: පොලිසිය 119, සුවසැරිය ගිලන් රථ 1990. අල්ලස් පැමිණිලි: 1954.

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விதி

ஒருவரை ஏமாற்றிப் பணம் அல்லது சொத்தைப் பெறுவது ஏமாற்றுதல். இது குற்றம்; பணத்தை மீளப்பெற வழக்கும் தொடரலாம்.

தவறு என்ன

அடுத்து என்ன நடக்கும்

பொலிஸ் புலனாய்வு செய்து நீதிமன்றத்தில் வழக்குத் தொடரும். இணைய ஏமாற்றுதல் இணையவழிப் பாதுகாப்புச் சட்டத்தின் கீழும் குற்றமாகும்.

தண்டனை

நீங்கள் செய்யக்கூடியவை

நீதி பெறும் இடம்

பொலிஸ் நிலையம்; இணைய மோசடிகளுக்கு இணையவழிப் பாதுகாப்பு ஆணைக்குழுவும்

இலவச சட்ட உதவி: சட்ட உதவி ஆணைக்குழு 011 533 5329. அவசரம்: பொலிஸ் 119, சுவசெரிய அம்புலன்ஸ் 1990. இலஞ்ச முறைப்பாடு: 1954.

Law references

Penal Code (Ordinance No. 2 of 1883)
Online Safety Act, No. 9 of 2024
Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crime and Witnesses Act, No. 10 of 2023

Sources: [1] [2] [3]

This explains the general law. It is not advice on your situation. For your own case, speak to a lawyer or the Legal Aid Commission.