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A 73-year-old woman from Noida, Shuchi Agrawal was scammed out of Rs 1.3 crore by cybercriminals.
The fraudsters tricked her into believing that a parcel addressed to her is seized in Mumbai contained illegal items.
They falsely claimed her Aadhaar card was linked to accounts involved in money laundering.
On June 13, Agrawal received a call from a woman posing as a Fedex employee.
Over the next five days, Agrawal was subjected to a “digital interrogation” via Skype, supposedly by Mumbai Police’s narcotics department.
The scammers convinced her that her name needed to be cleared to avoid legal trouble.
They pressured her into transferring Rs 1.3 crore for a police clearance certificate claiming it was necessary to resolve the issue.
Agrawal provided the police with the bank account details where she transferred the money.
An FIR has been registered under sections 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and section 66D of the Information Technology Act at the Noida cybercrime police station.
The investigation is ongoing.
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