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Cyber criminals duped a teacher in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh of Rs 98,000 by threatening to send drugs along with medicines in a parcel and threatening money laundering. The scoundrels threatened action by claiming to be Mumbai Police officers. They digitally arrested her by forcing her to remain on a video call for two and a half hours. The teacher is in shock after the fraud that happened with her.
Vipra Saxena, a resident of Indira Colony in Tundla Kotwali area, is a teacher in a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Uttarakhand. She received a call on her mobile at 11 am on June 1. The caller introduced himself as Ajay Dev, an employee of Sedex company, and informed her that a 15 kg parcel sent by her from Mumbai to Iran on June 22 in the name of someone named Abdul Rahim contained diabetes antibiotic medicines and cocaine.
Also threatened to file FIR. After this the caller allegedly transferred him to Mumbai Narcotics Department. The call receiver claimed to be a police officer and made him download a video calling app. After this he was allegedly interrogated on video call.
Many police officers in uniform were also visible in the background. Shortly after this, it was told that his ID has been used in many illegal activities like money laundering, drug supply and other places. If you want to save yourself, then you will have to transfer Rs 98,921 as fee. After this, a certificate of innocence will be issued.
Along with this, the money transferred will also be returned. He tried to transfer the money several times, but it was not transferred. After this, he transferred Rs 98,132 at 1:21 pm. After the money was transferred, the fraudsters disconnected his phone. He is in shock since the incident. The victim’s mother Anusuiya has filed a report against the fraudsters.