Senior citizen loses Rs 1.8 crores in drugs-in-parcel fraud
Under various pretexts, the accused made him pay money from his savings account, break his fixed deposits and made him transfer money from his mutual funds as well.
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A permanent DCP Cyber would also collaborate with national and international cyber crime combating agencies, creating a comprehensive strategy to tackle the theft of personal data (Representative image)A senior citizen in Mumbai, who is a director in several companies, lost Rs 1.8 crore to cyber fraudsters who threatened to him by posing as cops and duped him in a drugs-in-parcel fraud.
According to police, on March 19, the septuagenarian received a call from a person who claimed to be from a courier company. The person claimed that a parcel he had sent from Lucknow to Myanmar had been rejected as customs officers found nearly 20 passports and 150 grams of narcotics in it. The person also claimed that his Aadhar card had been given as ID proof.
The caller then transferred his call to UP police, which transferred him to cyber police, that in turn transferred him to CBI as the matter was serious. The accused, claiming to be a CBI officer, told him to install the Telegram app and then added him to a group with his name. He said officers from UP police and cyber police were also there in the group.
Under various pretexts, the accused made him pay money from his savings account, break his fixed deposits and made him transfer money from his mutual funds as well. In all, Rs 1.8 crores was transferred by the complainant to the accused, who then deleted the Telegram group.
The series of transactions took place between March 19 and April 22 this year and after the senior citizen realized he had been duped, he lodged a complaint with the police.
The cyber cell of Mumbai police registered an FIR earlier this week. A police officer said they are probing the matter and are currently in the process of tracking down the accused.
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