Techie duped of ₹20 lakh over fake call from Mumbai cybercrime

Updated: Feb 10th, 2024

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A city resident was duped of over ₹20 lakh by the ‘fake’ cybercrime, as she was asked to share her details after falsely saying that a parcel she had sent contained drugs.

An engineer at a software firm and an Ahmedabad resident, Kushbu was contacted by an unknown number, telling her that a parcel she had sent from Mumbai to Iran contained MD drugs, expired passports, and a credit card.

When Khushbu argued that she had not sent any parcel, the caller pretended to transfer the call to Mumbai’s Andheri cybercrime.

There, a woman, identifying herself as a police officer, asked Khushbu to share her Aadhar card copy through Skype.

Upon sharing the Aadhar Card number, Khushbu was told by the fake officer that there were a number of accounts in Khushbu's name involved in illicit activities.

Khushbu, now scared, shared the details of her ICICI account, along with an OTP she received for the clearance certificate with the scammers.

Upon doing so, an amount of ₹19.94 lakh was credited to Khushbu's account, and then it was transferred to another account.

Investigating the suspicious transfer, Khushbu came to know that the scammers had taken a personal loan in her name of ₹19.94 lakh and then transferred that money to another account.

A case has been filed with the cybercrime and a probe has been initiated.

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