Pune: A 27-year-old private company employee from Hinjewadi was duped of Rs16 lakh by cybercrooks in a parcel fraud . The woman had filed a complaint with the cyber crime cell. After the preliminary investigations, a case was registered under sections 316 (criminal breach of trust), 317 (cheating), 319 (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the relevant sections of the Information and Technology Act.
An officer from the Hinjewadi police said that on July 7, the woman received a call from a person who claimed to be an executive of a courier company. The caller told the woman that some drugs were found in the parcel that carried her name as the sender. "The caller then connected the woman to an officer from the Mumbai police.
The latter told her she may get arrested in the case and promised to help her," the officer said. He said that the ‘police officer' told the woman to share her bank details. He then told her to apply for a personal loan of Rs15.
9 lakh to her bank. "After the woman completed the procedure, the man took her internet user ID and siphoned the amount to a bank account," the officer said. The investigation officer said that the woman realised she was duped when the suspect stopped responding to her calls, he said.
Pune: A 27-year-old private company employee from Hinjewadi was duped of Rs16 lakh by cybercrooks in a parcel fraud. The woman had filed a complaint with the cyber crime cell. After the preliminary investigations, a case w.