A 61-year-old retired worker of a multinational firm filed a criticism with the police after allegedly being defrauded of Rs 71.24 lakh by cyber criminals. The fraudsters, posing as high-ranking officers from the CBI and Delhi Crime Department, claimed their company had obtained a parcel addressed to him containing passports, ATM playing cards and medicines. On the pretext of putting him underneath digital arrest, they coerced him into going to a financial institution and transferring cash into their account.
In accordance with police officers, the complainant, who lives together with his household in Goregaon, obtained a name from an unknown quantity on September 24. The person, claiming to be a customs officer from Delhi Airport Terminal 3, advised him {that a} parcel addressed to him had arrived on the cargo terminal and contained 16 passports, 58 ATM playing cards and 180 grams of MDMA.
“The scammer additionally knowledgeable the sufferer that the parcel had been despatched from Singapore and had his Aadhaar card particulars listed because the recipient,” an officer mentioned.
The caller stored him engaged within the dialog after which transferred the decision to a different particular person who recognized himself as Sunil Kumar, an officer from the Delhi Crime Department. Kumar additional alleged {that a} case of cash laundering had been registered in opposition to one Sanjay Singh after a sum of Rs 38 crore was deposited in his account.
“The 61-year-old was advised that his Aadhaar card particulars had been linked to the checking account,” mentioned an officer, including, “Regardless of denying any connection to HDFC Financial institution, the aged man was coerced into revealing private particulars, together with details about his financial institution accounts and different investments, underneath the specter of authorized penalties.”
Through the course of the dialog over video name, as his son and different relations entered the room for family work, the fraudsters requested him to lock the room.
To scare him additional, Kumar despatched a doc titled “Confidentiality Settlement Asset Seizure Order Warrant of Arrest” to his WhatsApp quantity. It bore the Satyamev Jayate brand and a stamp from the “District Court docket, Delhi”, following which they instructed him to not inform anybody in his household or social circle about his arrest.
Subsequently, one other particular person took over the dialog and alleged that he had been booked within the case, with the investigation being performed by the CBI.
“When he requested them to save lots of him, the caller claimed that the sufferer must go to Delhi to acquire a fund legalisation certificates from the court docket. After he knowledgeable them that he was unwell, they requested him to go to the financial institution and switch Rs 71.24 lakh from his checking account,” mentioned an officer.
“By the point he reached the financial institution, the fraudsters stored him engaged within the video name. After he was outdoors the department, they requested him to deposit the cash and name them,” an investigator added.
The incident got here to mild after the complainant revealed his ordeal to his relations, after which they lodged a criticism with the cyber police. A case was then registered on Thursday underneath the related sections of the BNS.
