Mumbai Woman Duped of 8 Lakh Rupees: Nowadays, new cases of scams are coming to light every day through social media. Scammers are now targeting elderly people. A case of fraud of Rs 8 lakh has come to light with a woman in Mumbai. According to the police, the woman was first trapped by befriending her on social media and then money was transferred from her.
What is the whole matter?
Police said that a 68-year-old tuition teacher living in Mumbai receives a friend request from an unknown person on Facebook. The woman accepts it and a conversation begins between the two. The unknown person introduces himself as a pilot in British Airways. After that, he tells the woman that he has sent a gift for her. After this, on May 30, the woman receives a call in which the caller introduces herself as Dikshita Arora and tells that she works in Delhi Customs.
How were Rs 80 lakh transferred?
Dikshita Arora tells the woman that a parcel has arrived in her name. But she will have to pay Rs 70,000 for it. After which the victim woman sends the money with the help of UPI. Dikshita tells her that the parcel that has arrived in her name contains 80 British Pound Sterling. Which is illegal.
Further Dikshita asks her to give 2.95 lakhs, otherwise the crime branch will arrest her. Hearing this, the woman gets scared and sends the money to her. In this scam which ran from 1st June to 10th June, the victim woman transferred a total of 8.15 lakh rupees. The person who claimed to be a pilot in British Airways also does not respond to the victim woman’s messages and calls. At present, the police have registered a case under section 420 and started action.
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