Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Sub-Editor)
A 58-year-old officer with the Reserve Bank of India has become the latest victim of fedex courier scam and lost her savings total worth ₹ 24.5 lakh to conman who extorted money posing as police officer from Mumbai.
Based on the complaint filed by A.Sivagami,the cyber crime police have registered a case under cheating , impersonation and also under IT Act.
The victim in her complaint said that the conman posing as police officer from Mumbai crime branch called on her mobile phone on the pretext of inquiry.
The caller said that there was a courier in her name containing,five passports,three credit cards,a laptop along with 200 grams of MDMA.
The caller also informed her the probe found that she had possible links with a terror suspect MD Mallik and a case has been registered against her under money laundering .
The caller during the questioning accessed her bank accounts to check her transaction details and transferred total of ₹ 24.5 lakh from different bank accounts .
The cheating came to light when the victim later called her family and colleagues to narrate the incident and later tried to call back the caller but it was not reachable .
The police are trying to freeze the bank accounts where the money was transferred while trying to track down the accused based on the mobile phone he was using .
