There is a need to take extra precautions amid increasing cases of cyber fraud. A small mistake can cause huge loss. The same thing happened with a woman working as an accountant in a company in Bengaluru. Cyber thugs, posing as the MD of the company, messaged the accountant and got a huge amount transferred from the company’s account. When the fraud was discovered, the police was informed and the police arrested some people.
How did the fraud happen?
On December 5, thugs posed as MD and messaged the Chief Accountant Officer (CAO) of a tech company based in Bengaluru. He had posted the photo of the company’s MD on WhatsApp. It was written in this message that I am the MD of the company and have finalized a project, for which a security deposit of Rs 56 lakh will have to be given. This money has to be sent from the company account.
Relying on the message, the CAO transferred the money to the accounts given by the thugs posing as fake MDs. After the transaction, when the CAO mailed the MD to confirm, he came to know that the number in the WhatsApp message belonged to someone else and the MD had not sent him any message. After this the crime police was informed.
Many people running racket arrested
Investigation revealed that this money had been transferred to several bank accounts. One of these accounts belongs to Sai Kumar, a resident of Hyderabad. When the police reached him, he told that he had opened this account on the instructions of a gang and after every transaction he is given Rs 10,000-15,000. With his help, the police reached the woman named Garishma, who was running the gang, and arrested her. Along with him, 5 other people have also been arrested, who have confessed to running such rackets for the last 6 months.
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