Parmesh S Jain
Tech consultant from Bengaluru loses Rs.18.3 lakh after falling for fake courier scam
A 43-year-old tech consultant from Whitefield become the latest victim of courier scam and lost Rs.18.3 lakh to the cyber fraudsters who posing as custom officials accessed his bank account to check money laundering transaction and promised to legalized the saving before emptying the account on January 17.
After waiting for many days,the victim,Rajkumar Beli, from whitefield,when he did not got back the saving,he tried to reach and later consulted his friends to realize that he had been duped and approached the cyber crime police on February 1.
In his complaint Mr.Beli said that the conman posing as custom officials informing him that there was a international courier from Delhi to Malyasia in his name containing 140 grams of MDMA.
The accused sought his Aadhaar details for verification and confirmed that he was also involved in money laundering .
Convincing him to help,the accused accessed his bank details on the pretext to legalizing his saving and withdrawn the cash total worth Rs.18,35,107.
Senior officer said,despite awareness and hundreds of incidents reported in media everyday,people falling to this trap .
The best way to prevent this is not to entertain unknown calls which claimed to be from enforcement agencies and ask personal details,a senior officer, said .
People who get such calls,inform the control room immediately to prevent further damage.
