Another case similar to the recent biggest-ever cyber fraud case reported in Delhi where a woman doctor lost more than Rs 4.5 crore has been reported in Mumbai. A woman IT professional from the city was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.97 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as narcotics department officials. The cybercriminals claimed that her Aadhaar number was linked to the bank accounts of criminals, police said. The incident came to light when the woman lodged an FIR with the police. In the Delhi cyber crime case too, the criminals claimed to be from “Maharashtra narcotics division”. This case too began with a phone call to the victim regarding her “FedEx package” that had been “seized”.
Cyber criminals claimed to be from narcotics department
As per her complaint, she received a call from an unidentified person, who claimed to be from a courier company. He told the victim that her parcel for Taiwan was not processed due to some difficulties.
“The victim told the caller that she has not sent any parcel to Taiwan. The caller told her that if the parcel does not belong to her then she should approach the police online as it contained five passports, two credit cards and some narcotic substance,” the official said. “The caller then transferred the call to another person, who claimed that he was from the police department and as the case relates to narcotics, he transferred the call to the official of ‘narcotics department’.
Women asked to download Skype app
The person, who posed as a narcotics official, asked for her Aadhaar number and told her that it was linked to three bank accounts of criminals and to sort out the issue she should download the Skype app. Accordingly, the victim downloaded Skype in her phone, following which the caller gave her his app ID, which mentioned ‘narcotics department’ in the username. On Skype, the accused showed her some photographs of offenders to whom police had caught and said that those were the same criminals, whose bank accounts are linked with her Aadhaar number.
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In Delhi case too, the crooks took her on Skype calls and spun a complex web of lies, posing in turn as cops from Andheri police station, RBI officials, a DCP from Mumbai Police, sleuths from customs and cops from the Narcotics division.
Asked her to deposit money for verification
He then sent her a letter, which had a mention of the ‘narcotics department’. He asked the victim about her bank accounts and told her to deposit Rs 98,888 each from two accounts for verification. He also told her that the amount will be returned in her account after verification.
After waiting for some time, the victim realised that she had been duped as the money was not deposited back into her account, following which she went to the police station and lodged her complaint against the unidentified fraudsters.
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Sumit Kumar Kumar
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People still are not aware of basic cybetsafety protocols
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Another case similar to the recent biggest-ever cyber fraud case reported in Delhi where a woman doctor lost more than Rs 4.5 crore has been reported in Mumbai. A woman IT professional from the city was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.97 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as narcotics department officials. The cybercriminals claimed that her Aadhaar number was linked to the bank accounts of criminals, police said. The incident came to light when the woman lodged an FIR with the police. In the Delhi cyber crime case too, the criminals claimed to be from “Maharashtra narcotics division”. This case too began with a phone call to the victim regarding her “FedEx package” that had been “seized”.
Cyber criminals claimed to be from narcotics department
As per her complaint, she received a call from an unidentified person, who claimed to be from a courier company. He told the victim that her parcel for Taiwan was not processed due to some difficulties.
“The victim told the caller that she has not sent any parcel to Taiwan. The caller told her that if the parcel does not belong to her then she should approach the police online as it contained five passports, two credit cards and some narcotic substance,” the official said. “The caller then transferred the call to another person, who claimed that he was from the police department and as the case relates to narcotics, he transferred the call to the official of ‘narcotics department’.
Women asked to download Skype app
The person, who posed as a narcotics official, asked for her Aadhaar number and told her that it was linked to three bank accounts of criminals and to sort out the issue she should download the Skype app. Accordingly, the victim downloaded Skype in her phone, following which the caller gave her his app ID, which mentioned ‘narcotics department’ in the username. On Skype, the accused showed her some photographs of offenders to whom police had caught and said that those were the same criminals, whose bank accounts are linked with her Aadhaar number.
Read Also
In Delhi case too, the crooks took her on Skype calls and spun a complex web of lies, posing in turn as cops from Andheri police station, RBI officials, a DCP from Mumbai Police, sleuths from customs and cops from the Narcotics division.
Asked her to deposit money for verification
He then sent her a letter, which had a mention of the ‘narcotics department’. He asked the victim about her bank accounts and told her to deposit Rs 98,888 each from two accounts for verification. He also told her that the amount will be returned in her account after verification.
After waiting for some time, the victim realised that she had been duped as the money was not deposited back into her account, following which she went to the police station and lodged her complaint against the unidentified fraudsters.
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Sumit Kumar Kumar
5 hours ago
People still are not aware of basic cybetsafety protocols
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