A 58-year-old medical professor at a outstanding school in Navi Mumbai misplaced Rs 1.8 crore final month after cyber fraudsters, posing as Earnings Tax officers, approached her claiming she owed Rs 8 lakh in taxes. The scammers threatened to arrest her and requested her to make funds of Rs 1.8 crore, which they promised to return as soon as the “investigation” was full.
As per the First Info Report (FIR), the lady acquired a name round 3 pm on January 14 from an individual claiming to be from the Earnings Tax division. The caller stated she had not paid tax and this was the ultimate warning name.
He instructed her {that a} Delhi-based firm had been registered in her identify and he or she owed Rs 8 lakh. She instructed the individual that she was not conscious of any such firm and a few stranger will need to have fraudulently used her particulars.
The individual then transferred the decision to an officer from the Delhi Police who despatched her some paperwork that regarded like reliable CBI paperwork. The subsequent day “the Delhi police officer” made a video name and requested her to supply all her monetary paperwork “for verification by the RBI”. She submitted the main points of her investments, together with shares, mounted deposits on the promise that they might be returned to her after the “verification” course of
The girl ended up transferring Rs 1,81,72,667 to the scammer’s account. When she acquired one other demand of Rs 22 lakh, she knowledgeable them that she had no financial savings left.
The girl realised that she was duped solely when she talked about the incident to a relative a number of days later, on February 16.
Performing on her assertion, the Navi Mumbai Cyber police station registered a case on Monday. An officer stated that they’re investigating the matter however no arrests have been made as but.
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