Businessman suffered loss of Rs 1.98 crore from FedEx company
Bengaluru: A 52-year-old businessman from south-east Bengaluru lost Rs 1.98 million to fraudsters who claimed that Mumbai Police had seized a FedEx messenger in his name that contained drugs. Interestingly, the suspects kept the victim and his wife in separate hotel rooms for two days as “part of their interrogation”, while they were online with them via Skype videocall. The victim Chetan Sharma (name changed to protect his identity) received a call from a FedEx messaging personal on December 2, claiming that a package in his name sent to Taiwan contained methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), which Is a synthetic banned drug. in India. Then, the call was transferred to the “Cybernetico Crime Branch of Mumbai Police”, where an “officer” reportedly told Sharma in a Skype video call that there was a money laundering case in which his name had cropped up. , The suspect allegedly shot Sharma, who transferred money from his banking account to his “designated account” to verify the allegations. Meanwhile, worried as Sharma did not return home at night, his wife reached his office. A senior DH official said, “The staff asked Sharma who the woman was and when he said she was his wife, they looked at both of them outside the hotel as they both felt they were being interrogated. ” “They stayed in separate hotel rooms for two days while they were online via Skype. Before getting involved in the scam, Sharma was jealous of Rs 19.8 lakh from the scammers. As a warning to citizens, Deputy Commissioner of Police CK Baba directed people to immediately disconnect calls and alert the local police. “The real police against cyber crime would never make Skype or phone calls to make allegations of money laundering,” Baba told DH. “If there are complaints, if they have been notified and if they have been cited or collected. “I would never conduct an interrogation via Skype or videocall.” On December 7, a case was registered with the Cybersecurity and Narcotics Crimes Commissionerate of Southeast (CEN) on the basis of TI Act and IPC.
