Bizman duped of ₹1L by man posing as customer care executive of courier firm

Bizman duped of ₹1L by man posing as customer care executive of courier firm

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bhopal:  10.12.2021

A 35-year-old storekeeper was allegedly duped by unidentified accused posing as the customer care operator of a courier company. The storekeeper was looking for the customer care number of the courier company to track a package dispatched from Surat. He got a fake number online, and the fraudster sent him a link to transfer Rs 3. When the victim clicked on t he link and entered his bank details, the accused hacked his smartphone using a remote access application and siphoned of Rs 1.02 lakh from his two bank accounts in five minutes.

The victim approached the cyber-crime branch and filed a complaint. The cybercrime branch registered a Zero FIR and transferred the case diary to Kolar police station where a case was registered against unidentified accused on Wednesday.

Complainant Mukesh Sen, 35, a resident of Damkheda A-Sector in Kolar, works as a storekeeper in a lift company for the past 12 years. He told police that on November 30, he was waiting for a parcel sent from Surat through a courier service. The delivery was delayed so he searched for the courier agency customer care number to track the parcel.