A 33-year-old girl was duped of Rs 1.47 lakh by a gaggle of scammers posing as cops stating her suspicious parcel destined for a world location has been intercepted. One of many accused even impersonated a deputy commissioner of police (DCP).
On November 29, the Kharghar resident obtained a name from an unknown individual, informing her {that a} parcel, which she needed to ship to Thailand, had been intercepted. The con additional stated that financial institution paperwork, passport and narcotics have been discovered within the consignment. The befuddled girl instructed the caller that she is unaware about any such parcel, however the fraudster transferred her name to “Mumbai cyber crime cell”. An individual claiming to be a cyber cop then talked to the complainant, saying that her Aadhaar card has been used for cash laundering functions.
The caller then frightened the lady, saying there had been some suspicious transactions in her checking account and the DCP will converse to her. The scammers then requested her to ship all the cash in her account for verification by the Reserve Financial institution of India. The complainant transferred Rs 1.47 lakh to the account shared by the scammers. Subsequently, they requested the lady to take a private mortgage of Rs 25 lakh and switch it to them, making her realise the fraud.
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