Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
A n 82-year-old woman has filed a complaint with the Cyber crime police that cyber crooks posing as CBI officials threatened her with a case,accessed her bank accounts and made away with Rs.1.2 Crore.
Based on the complaint the police have registered an FIR against unknown persons on Tuesday charging them under IT act also under section 113 ( organised crime ) 318 ( cheating ) 319 ( impersonation ) of BNS.
The victim,Vasantha Kokilam,resident of Malleshwaram west,said that the accused posing as Mumbai police called her to inform that there is another SIM in her name being used for illegal activities and money laundering .
The accused connected her to speak to the senior officials on Whatsapp call who introduced himself as CBI officer and informed her that there is an FIR booked against her for money laundering .
The accused on the pretext of inquiry demanded her bank accounts details for verification and accessed to transfer a total sum of Rs.1.2 crore from three different bank accounts through RTGS.
The police are now sought transaction details to track down the accused.It is a most common form of cyber crime being used to target gullible people,a senior police officer, said .
“Its most unfortunate that despite wide-spread awareness against cyber crimes and preventive measures people are falling for it”, the officer,added .
In another incident,a 49-year-old Japanese national and director of a food company has been cheated by cyber conman who posing as bank executive cheated him Rs. 1.50 lakh on the pretext of helping him to update his bank account.
Based on the complaint by Takeo Uno,director at Indo Nissin Foods,the Cubbon park police have registered a case on Friday under IT act .
Mr.Uno was staying at a luxury hotel on lavelle road said that he received a message on his mobile phone from an unknown number on December 4 informing him to contact another number on WhatsApp to “reupdate the bank account”.
When Uno engaged with the second phone number provided in the text message and asked about his bank details and sent a link to click and share the account details .
Trusting it as genuine call he followed the instruction and within minutes noticed five different transactions with a total of Rs.1,50,000 was made from his bank account .