Hyderabad: A 44-year-old private company employee from the city was duped in a courier fraud. The scamster had the Aadhaar number of the victim, according to the police.
The caller told the victim that a parcel booked to his name from Mumbai to Singapore contained 150 strips of LSD. The caller claimed that the Mumbai police had intercepted the parcel quoted a complaint number. The caller also said that an accused in illegal activities was associated with the parcel.
The fraudster informed the victim that 29 bank officials had been arrested in connection with this case. The caller then transferred the call to a person who posed as an official from Mumbai narcotics department who directed the victim to install Skype and call the fraudster.
Following his, the fraudster demanded that the victim transfer Rs 5 lakh through RTGS to remove his name as a suspect, When the victim said RTGS did not allow transactions above Rs 2 lakh at a time, the fraudster directed him to use IMPS.
Consequently, the victim transferred the entire amount to the fraudster’s bank account, believing it to belong to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Meanwhile, the victim received calls from his clients and his wife but the fraudster did not allow him to accept them.
