A 53-year-old woman filed a case of fraud at the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) Marg police station. The woman, who works as an administrative officer in a company located at Nariman Point, received a call around 10 am on April 18 while she was in the office.
The caller introduced himself as Pradeep Sawant from the Mumbai Cyber Branch.
The scammer further stated that it was found in his investigation that on
January 15, an account was opened at Andheri East ICICI Bank with the
victim's Aadhaar card number. Similarly, the Aadhaar card has been used to open
several accounts across the country.
Afterwards, the scammer gave the woman an account number and asked her to
transfer money into it. The scammer mentioned the name Mohammad Ismail Malik and
sent his photo to the victim's WhatsApp, asking if she recognized him, to which the woman
denied.
A police officer revealed that the accused informed the victim woman that this man is
trapped in a drugs case and has used your Aadhaar card in the bank account, so your
bank account needs to be investigated.he accused told the victim to transfer her
money into an account, assuring her that after a thorough investigation, her money
would be returned. In this way, the woman transferred Rs. 2.73 lakh. Afterward,
she was informed that even after returning home, the Skype account should not be closed.
On the second day, the woman tried to contact the same Skype ID again, but the
number was switched off. She realised she had been cheated, so she went to the
MRA Marg police station and filed an FIR.
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