Another shocking case of online fraud in the name of FedEx Logistics has come to light. Thugs cheated one crore rupees from a female software engineer in Bengaluru. The matter is of East Zone of Bengaluru. In the complaint lodged with the police, the victim said that on May 16, she received a call from an unknown number. The caller identified himself as an executive of FedEx Logistics and said that drugs and some fake passports were found in a parcel sent in his name to Taiwan, which was seized by Customs Department officials at Mumbai Airport. The Custom Department has registered a case against him.
The victim panicked after this call. Meanwhile, she received a call from another number. This person introduced himself as an officer of the Customs Department and said that a serious case has been registered against her under the NDPS Act. This woman got even more scared. The woman told this fake officer that she had not sent any such parcel to Taiwan, but that officer said that this woman’s name and mobile number is given on the parcel. After this, this officer, while talking about helping the victim, asked her to join a Skype call and she was instructed that she will keep herself locked in a room for the next two days and will not talk to anyone on the phone or in person.
How was the money taken from the woman?
During these two days, he received calls from many different numbers in the name of enquiry. According to the victim, in the first Skype call, the set-up of a police station on the other side was shown through video, so that the woman could be assured that whatever investigation is being done is true. According to the victim, after some time the video on the other side was switched off and the woman was asked to keep her video on. After this, different officers continuously interrogated the victim in the name of investigation. Meanwhile, a person said that when his bank account was checked through his Aadhar card, money laundering was also revealed. The victim got very scared, she was told that this matter was more serious and it would have to be verified. For this work, the woman will have to deposit the money deposited in her bank into the RBI bank account, after which verification will be done and after half an hour her money will be deposited back into her bank account.
Got 1 crore transferred
After convincing the woman for this work, the online fraudsters transferred Rs 1 crore to three different accounts. After half an hour, when the victim’s money was not returned, she realized that she had been cheated. The woman has lodged a complaint in Ramamurthy Nagar, Bengaluru. The police are currently trying to seize the accounts where the money was sent.
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