In a fake case, a woman was cheated of Rs 3.5 lakh by creating a telegram channel in the name of a police station in Mumbai. This fraud has been exposed by the Cyber Cell Police. Till now these thugs were cheating people by luring them but now these online thugs have started defrauding people in the name of police.
According to the police, cyber thugs are creating Telegram groups and channels in the name of police stations. After that, people are being implicated in false cases by sending messages and getting money transferred. A similar case has been registered at Marine Drive Police Station, in which a 70-year-old man has been cheated of Rs 3 lakh 50 thousand in a fake case.
What is the matter?
According to the police report, a 70-year-old woman received a call from an unknown number. The person calling said that he was calling from Lucknow Custom Department. The caller told that a parcel has arrived in Lucknow Custom Department in his name, in which some clothes, a laptop, 20 passports and 150 grams of Mephedrone (drugs) have been found. This parcel has come from Myanmar.
After this, the fake customs officer got him to talk to a fake officer of Gomti Nagar police station. After that he was asked to download the Telegram app to end the case. After downloading the app, the user's ID in the name of Gomti Nagar Police Station was made to talk to a person in police uniform who was a fake policeman on video call. Instead, Rs 3.5 lakhs were transferred to a bank account to end the case.
Police asked to be alert
After this matter came to light, the police has said that do not join any group running on social media in the name of the police station and do not reply to any message. Do not make the mistake of transferring money at any cost.