2024-03-11 19:17:10
If you want to avoid becoming a victim of online fraud, you have to be very cautious. But due to one mistake, you may also suffer a heavy loss. Recently, something like this happened when Rs 7 lakh was missing from the bank account of a doctor. Recently, an incident took place in Mumbai in which a woman was pressurized and an amount of about Rs 7 lakh was made missing from her bank account.
A call is received on the number of a woman working in KEM Hospital, Mumbai. In this, the accused tells the woman that a parcel has been caught during checking at the airport and it contains some objectionable things. While putting pressure on the woman, the accused says that the name of the victim is written on it and due to this she may have to face a lot of problems. The woman gets scared after knowing this.
The accused says that 5 passports, three credit cards and around 140 grams of medicines were found in the parcel. Although initially the woman refuses to accept it. But later a call is also made to the woman from a fake policeman. Calls are also made by the police on video call. Before the woman can understand anything, she is asked to share her bank account information.
Call was made in the name of police-
In the beginning, there is a lot of intimidation and threats from the fake police. After this, proof is also asked from the woman and she is told that she should verify her bank account. In the name of verifying the bank account, OTP is also asked from the woman for some money. The woman is told that the money will not disappear from her account, she just has to tell her the OTP. As soon as the money is withdrawn, the woman realizes that she has been scammed.