2024-02-20 00:03:29
Mumbai: A 46-year-old businessman was defrauded of Rs 8.43 lakh by cyber fraudsters by allegedly claiming that the parcel contained drugs. According to the police, the fraudster misled businessman Vijay Nair by posing as a CBI officer and cheated him online. The victim has filed a case against an unknown person at Oshiwara police station.
According to the FIR, Ajay Nair (name changed), resident of Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri, works in supplying industrial goods. Nair told the police that on February 17, he received a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as an employee of a famous courier company. He claimed that they had received a parcel, which was in his name and address. To confirm the parcel, the employee asked him to dial a number and talk to the customer care center.
For some time now, people have been receiving threatening Skype calls from cyber fraudsters about getting drugs in parcels and using the name and address of Aadhaar card to trap people. To avoid this, it is wise to be aware and block the numbers of such fake callers. The officer in police uniform seen in the Skype call or the person making the threat calling himself a Crime Branch or CBI officer are all fake people and swindlers. The only protection is to disconnect their calls and stay away.
Anant Tambe, Cyber Police Officer, Mumbai Police
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According to Nair, he followed the instructions given by the alleged employee and gave him his banking information and other information. After this he got a Skype call from an officer, who introduced himself as Cyber Officer Pradeep Sawant. Sawant told him that a parcel in your name has been seized by the airport authorities at Mumbai airport.
Agreed to talk to the alleged DCP
This parcel contains two kilos of clothes, a passport whose validity has expired, four credit cards of a private bank and 700 grams of MD. Therefore, if you want to avoid this matter then you will have to talk to our DCP sir. To avoid the police-court issue, Ajay accepted Sawant’s advice and agreed to talk to the alleged DCP to hush up the matter.
Withdrawal of Rs 8.43 lakh from bank account
It is alleged that after this Sawant gave a number to Ajay and asked him to talk to the DCP. As soon as Ajay called the DCP, the person in front told him in threatening words that his bank account had to be inspected. Therefore, he should provide basic information to him. According to Ajay, he followed the instructions of the DCP and shortly after giving the banking information, he got a message that Rs 8.43 lakh had been withdrawn from his bank account.
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