Ghaziabad woman digitally arrested and duped of Rs 47 lakh
This is how the crime was committed
Ghaziabad, A shocking case has come to light from Ghaziabad adjoining Delhi. Here a woman has been digitally arrested and duped of Rs 47 lakh. This fraud has been done in the name of NCB and CBI.
What is the whole case?
In Ghaziabad, a woman has been digitally arrested and duped of Rs 47 lakh. This fraud was done by threatening to send her to jail by claiming that a courier packet full of drugs arrived in her name. The fraudsters talked by pretending to be Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and CBI officers. On the complaint of the woman, the Cyber Crime Police Station has registered a case and started investigation.
The case is from Nitikhand area of Indirapuram police station area. According to the FIR lodged by Saumya Jindal, who lives here, she received a call from an unknown number. The caller said that he was speaking from FedEx Courier Company and he has received a parcel of US dollars and drugs in Saumya's name which he has transferred to Cyber Cell and NCB Mumbai.
The caller also said that now Saumya will need to take permission to receive this packet. After this, the other side asked her to download the Skype app for verification. Then some IDs were sent on Skype. From here the video call started between Saumya and the fraudsters.
The fraudsters told Saumya that her Aadhar card has been found attached with six accounts of money laundering. Therefore, verification of bank account is needed. The fraudsters asked Saumya to be present on the camera continuously and share the laptop screen. They asked Saumya for the bank account details and asked her to download the statement of one year and verify each entry.
Also threatened to arrest
After this, the fraudsters asked Saumya to give the bank user ID and password and threatened to arrest her if she did not do so. Saumya says that within a few minutes of giving the user ID and password, Rs 47 lakh was deducted from her account online.
The fraudsters also said that this amount has been taken only for online verification. According to the victim, she did not share the OTP, but due to screen sharing, the fraudsters saw it on the screen. According to the victim, the fraudsters scared her in such a way that she could not move away from the laptop screen and kept giving all the banking details.
After this fraud, Saumya immediately contacted the bank. The bank immediately froze the account. 17 lakh rupees remained in Saumya's account, while the fraudsters had transferred 30 lakh rupees to other accounts.
The Cyber Crime Police Station of Ghaziabad has registered a case against the unknown mobile number and bank account number in this case under Section 170, 384, 420, 506 of IPC and Section 66D of IT Act.
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