Ahmedabad woman made to undress on video call by accusing her of drugs case, extorted ₹5 lakh

Updated: Oct 20th, 2024


A complaint has been lodged with Naranpura police in Ahmedabad against unknown individuals who posed as cyber cell officers and extorted ₹5 lakh from a woman. She was made to undress during a video call claiming that her name figured in a drugs case.

According to reports, the woman was threatened by the crooks, who claimed that she was one of the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

According to the FIR, the victim received a call on October 14 from someone claiming to be an employee of a courier firm. He informed her that, under her name, a parcel containing three laptops, two cell phones, and 150 grams of mephedrone had been sent to Thailand. After giving this information, the caller told her to contact the cybercrime unit.

Following this, she received a WhatsApp call from an individual claiming to be a cybercrime official from Delhi. The official informed her that she was one of the accused under the NDPS Act. She subsequently received forged letters in the name of the CBI, in which she was named as a suspect in a narcotics smuggling and money laundering case.

She was then asked to join a conference call. Out of fear, she joined the video call, where a man posing as a CBI officer, who did not show his face, asked her to show all the birthmarks on her body. The victim initially refused, but fearing imprisonment, she revealed all her birthmarks by undressing on the video call before a female official.

Afterwards, the victim was asked to transfer all the money she had, and she transferred ₹4.92 lakh to the accounts provided by the individual.

According to reports, when the victim informed her neighbour about the incident, the neighbour called the accused. The recipient said that the woman had fallen victim to cyber fraud and advised her to take care of herself. After this, the scammer ended the call and switched off the number.

The Naranpura police have filed an FIR against the unknown individuals, and a probe is ongoing into the matter.

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