Retired slope manager defrauded of Rs 2.22 crore by cyber scammers posing arsenic authorities officials. (Source: File Photo)
Cyber scammers person allegedly defrauded a retired slope manager successful Pune of Rs 2.22 crore aft she was asked to instrumentality aggregate security policies connected the committedness of precise precocious maturity benefits.
The fraudsters posing arsenic authorities officials, including those from the concern ministry, besides asked the victim, a nonmigratory of Pimpri Chinchwad, to transportation magnitude of wealth arsenic processing charges, the constabulary said connected Tuesday.
The callers misused names similar Deendayal Upadhyaya, a precocious person of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, and of renowned concern experts and authorities bodies and designations of apical authorities officials to deceive the victim, the constabulary said.
The fraud has taken spot since 2023-end and continued until recently, said Pimpri Chinchwad constabulary that filed a First Information Report (FIR) connected Tuesday based connected a ailment of the 62-year-old woman.
Over this period, the complainant received calls from the criminals nether 19 antithetic identities, the constabulary said. “They allegedly coaxed her into purchasing assorted security policies and kept seeking wealth for GST charges, Income tax, TDS, transaction charges, verification charges, NOC charges, etc,” said an officer.
Later, the pistillate started receiving calls from “officials” of agencies similar National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI), Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) and adjacent those from the Ministry of Finance, helium said.
These callers claimed that each the payments made by the complainant had gone to fraud accounts and further sought funds from her arsenic fees to retrieve her erstwhile payments, the constabulary said, adding that the pistillate ended up losing much wealth arsenic she believed each these mendacious claims to beryllium true.
The constabulary person launched an probe into the incident.
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