Pune: Online fraudsters posing as officers of the Mumbai crime branch cheated a 27-year-old software engineer from Kharadi of Rs20 lakh in a parcel fraud case between June 27 and July. The techie filed a complaint on Saturday. Police said the crooks called the victim claiming that they had intercepted an Iran-bound parcel with the victim’s name as the sender.
It contained drugs, they told the victim. On the pretext of investigating the case, they took details of the techie’s Aadhaar and bank account. Later, they claimed that his account had been misused for money laundering involving a prominent businessman.
Police said, "The crook threatened to arrest the techie and sent him a bogus arrest warrant on his messaging application. Fearing arrest, the techie kept following their instructions. The crooks misused his Aadhaar and bank details to avail a pre-approved loan from a bank.
The private bank deposited the loan amount to the victim's bank account. However, the crooks then transferred the amount to other bank accounts.” The police are trying to establish the money trail in the case.
Baner techie defrauded of ₹20L by fake ‘NCB officials’ In another case, a techie (41) from Baner filed a complaint with the Chatushrungi police on Saturday stating that cybercrooks cheated him of Rs20 lakh by posing as officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The crooks claimed that a foreign-bound parcel containing drugs had been intercepted by them and a case had been registered against the techie as his name was mentioned as sender. Police said the fraudsters also claimed that the victim's Aadhaar and PAN numbers had been misused to launder money by fraudsters in a case.
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