‘Your Parcel Has Drugs’: How This Bengaluru Man Was Scammed Out Of Rs 1.52 Crore – News18

A resident of Bengaluru, Karnataka, who’s a senior citizen, lately skilled an enormous lack of Rs 1.52 crore resulting from falling prey to a courier rip-off. In this rip-off, impostors posing as police officers or NCRB brokers contact people, falsely accusing them of partaking in illicit actions associated to sending and receiving parcels containing ‘illegal substances.’ The incidence of this rip-off has been escalating because the starting of the yr, and turning into more and more prevalent in latest occasions.

According to Indian Express, the sufferer, Debashish Das, 66, acquired a cellphone name on November 10 from an individual who claimed to be a FedEx worker named Kartikeya. The worker then knowledgeable Das {that a} case had been registered in opposition to him in Mumbai as a result of a courier despatched in his title to Taiwan was discovered to comprise six bank cards, expired passports, and even 950g of MDMA medicine.

Now, that is fairly much like the case we reported on in July this yr when Keka De, a girl primarily based out of Bengaluru, acquired a faux name from FedEx Mumbai.

Regarding Das’ case, he was informed to get in contact with the Andheri cybercrime police station in Mumbai on a Skype name. When he ultimately did, a faux police officer, Pradeep Sawant, informed him that financial institution accounts in his title had been discovered to be concerned in criminality involving cash laundering.

Then, an individual pretending to be the ‘DCP’ informed Das to shut all his mounted deposits and switch all his financial savings to an account that he shared.

This is the place issues went south. Debashish Das did ultimately switch a whopping Rs 1.52 crore from his SBI checking account to the scammer’s account in Punjab National Bank. The scammers had assured Das that they’d switch again the funds to the supply after verifying if he was concerned in cash laundering. However, as soon as they acquired the funds, the faux law enforcement officials disappeared, and communication ceased. Since then, a case has been registered on the South CEN police station.

It should be famous that this rip-off is kind of prevalent today, and because of the critical nature of the accusations these scammers make, the victims are inclined to lose their cool and find yourself believing them, inflicting heavy financial losses. 

Readers are suggested to verify with the web site of courier corporations or on-line buying platforms earlier than falling for these scams. Just for data, customs in India don’t work over cellphone calls, WhatsApp calls or Skype. Neither will customs ask for UPI funds or on-line fund transfers.