A woman in Gurugram was allegedly duped of 20 lakh by fraudsters pretending to be police officers, according to reports. The fraudsters impersonated as officials from a courier company and then as a deputy commissioner of the police of Mumbai to trap the woman.
The victim, who was a resident of Sector 43, received a call on March 3 from someone who claimed to be from a courier company. PTI reported that a parcel from her had been confiscated by Customs because it contained illegal items.
The victim was told by the caller that her call would be transferred to Mumbai Police.
The next callers claimed to be Deputy Commissioner of Police Balsing Rajput and Inspector Ajay Bansal from the Mumbai Police's cybercrimes unit.
The victim's Aadhaar had been used in multiple criminal transactions and money laundering cases from her three additional bank accounts in Mumbai, according to the duo. The victim was told that she did not have a bank account in Mumbai, and the duo asked her to make a transaction to validate her accounts.
The victim said in her police complaint that they asked me to transfer Rs 4,99,999 and said this is a secret code to start a financial investigation.
After she transferred the money, the victim told the security deposit to transfer more money to carry out an inertia financial check. The victim alleged that she transferred Rs 20,37, 194 in six transactions.
An FIR was registered against unknown persons under Section 420 - Cheating of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the IT Act at Cyber Crime East police station on Monday.
The police said there was a probe underway.
In another case of cybercrime, a man from Delhi was defrauded of 29 lakh when he tried to buy iPhones on Instagram. The victim filed a complaint with the authorities, which resulted in the filing of a fraud case against the anonymous criminals.
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