Mumbai:
A 35-year-old girl from Mumbai has managed to show the tables on some on-line scammers, when posing as cops, they tried to extract her checking account particulars. Kavita Patkar, a homemaker, has now filed a grievance with the police as properly, after realizing that she had inadvertently given them her Aadhaar particulars and images.
Within the grievance filed with the police, Ms Patkar stated she had obtained a name, which initially was a recorded message saying her cell phone companies might be disconnected quickly. To know why, she was requested to press 1.
When she did so, a person figuring out himself as Rohit Singh got here on name, posing as TRAI official, and defined her quantity was used to defraud round 15 to twenty folks, who had all lodged a grievance in opposition to the quantity holder.
He requested if she had misplaced her Aadhaar card or given it to somebody who may need used it to get the cellphone quantity used on this crime.
When Ms Patkar responded within the adverse, he informed her she could be linked to an officer from the Crime Department, and she will e mail AP@trai.give.e mail.in to maintain her cellphone quantity operative.
Quickly, she was linked to a different man, who launched himself as a police officer, Sanjay Singh. He first requested for her photograph and a picture of her Aadhaar card on WhatsApp. Then he stated he would query her on video name. She complied together with his directions. Within the video name, he was seen in a Mumbai police uniform and Mumbai police brand was within the background.
Singh knowledgeable her that her account with the ICICI financial institution was used to obtain 10 per cent of the Rs 2.60 crore laundered by a Pooja Mhatre.
He proceeded to indicate her images of 5 “suspects”, asking her if she recognised any of them. After she denied understanding them, he requested her for her checking account particulars as proof that it was not being utilized by the accused, failing which she could be jailed for 2 years.
Ms Patkar then realised one thing was amiss, and knowledgeable him that she would the police in individual on the CP workplace and supply all paperwork.
The person instantly disconnected after which Ms Patkar filed an FIR as she had despatched them her images and Aadhar card.