Ggm man duped of ₹1 cr by cyber frauds
Gurugram: A 40-year-old man was allegedly cheated of ₹1.28 crore by cyber criminals who posed as courier company executives and officers from the Mumbai customs and crime branch, police officers aware of the matter said on Saturday.
The suspects allegedly told the victim that drugs had been found in a parcel “sent” by him to a foreign country and they demanded money from him on the pretext of avoiding any legal action, including arrest, the officials added.
The victim, who did not wish to be named, is a resident of Gurugram’s Sector 83. He recently received a call from one of the suspects who claimed that he was from a multinational courier company.
The suspect said that a parcel containing drugs was booked in the victim’s name, investigators said.
The victim said that the courier executive transferred his call to the Mumbai crime branch and a person introduced himself as an inspector, they added.
Deputy commissioner of police (south), Siddhant Jain, said, “The suspect posing as the inspector asked him to come to Mumbai and threatened the victim with arrest. Not only this, he was also asked to arrange for an advocate for bail. The victim then transferred an amount of ₹1.28 crore to the suspects.”
According to the police, the men told the victim that his name would be cleared if he paid them the money and then forced him to transfer the amount to their bank account.
A case has been registered under sections 419, 420 and 34 along with IT Act sections 66 C and 66 against the suspects on Friday.