Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
The Northeast cyber crime police are on the lookout for a conman who posing as officer with Mumbai crime branch threatened a woman with drug and money laundering case,made away with Rs. 1.6 lakh transferred online from her account.
Realizing that she has been cheated,the victim Vismitha Prakash,30,from Rachenahalli approached the CEN police and filed a complaint on Friday.
Ms.Prakash in her complaint said that the accused called her on her mobile claiming to be officer from Customs department and informed that she had an international courier containing 400 grams of Marijuana in her name .
The caller told her that he had informed the Mumbai crime Branch to take up the case.Few minutes later she gets another call from a person claiming to be Inspector with the Mumbai crime branch and said that she has been booked under drugs and money laundering case.
While on the pretext of inquiry the accused obtained the bank account details and transferred the money through PayTM.
The police are now trying to track down the accused through the money transactions.
Cases of fake cops cheating women are on the rise and the police have asked people especially women not to entertain random calls from people claiming to be police .
