Mumbai: A 22 year old student of drama school The latest fell victim to an online fraud when fraudsters impersonated him as his brother-in-law and fraudulently transferred Rs 44,900 to him. When the victim Rahul AgarwalTold that he does not sound like his brother, the fraudster claimed that the Covid-19 infection affected his voice.
Powai police probing the case found that it is a new type of covid fraud that they have come across, earlier the fraudsters used to make fake job calls to dupe people who had lost their jobs during the pandemic.
The case was registered on the basis of a written complaint filed by Agarwal on Thursday. Agrawal, a resident of Delhi, was staying here paying guest (PG) in Powai since last one month when he lost money in his account to take care of his expenses during his stay in the city.
Powai police search call data record (CDR) details from the telephone operator and fund transaction details from the bank to track down the fraudsters. The fraud happened on January 2 when Agarwal was in his rented flat.
In the complaint, Agarwal said, “I received a call at around 6 pm from a person who identified himself as Harsh. When I asked him if I knew him, he replied that he was my brother-in-law. Told him. His voice doesn’t match with Harsh. He replied that he is infected with covid and that is why he makes low voice. He also gave information about the names of other members of my family. I was duped by this ”
Aggarwal was duped after being impersonated by a fraudster as his brother-in-law had claimed that his client was supposed to transfer Rs 45,000, but the transfer could not take place due to some problem in his account, a police officer said.
“The fraudster questioned Agarwal as to what was the balance in his account and asked him to transfer it to his account. When Agarwal investigated, the fraudster said that he had shared his bank account number with the customer whatever Will transfer it in time. Till at night, when Agrawal’s account was not credited, he called his brother-in-law in Delhi and found out that he never called him or asked to transfer any money,” the officer said.
An unidentified person has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology for fraud and identity theft.
Powai police probing the case found that it is a new type of covid fraud that they have come across, earlier the fraudsters used to make fake job calls to dupe people who had lost their jobs during the pandemic.
The case was registered on the basis of a written complaint filed by Agarwal on Thursday. Agrawal, a resident of Delhi, was staying here paying guest (PG) in Powai since last one month when he lost money in his account to take care of his expenses during his stay in the city.
Powai police search call data record (CDR) details from the telephone operator and fund transaction details from the bank to track down the fraudsters. The fraud happened on January 2 when Agarwal was in his rented flat.
In the complaint, Agarwal said, “I received a call at around 6 pm from a person who identified himself as Harsh. When I asked him if I knew him, he replied that he was my brother-in-law. Told him. His voice doesn’t match with Harsh. He replied that he is infected with covid and that is why he makes low voice. He also gave information about the names of other members of my family. I was duped by this ”
Aggarwal was duped after being impersonated by a fraudster as his brother-in-law had claimed that his client was supposed to transfer Rs 45,000, but the transfer could not take place due to some problem in his account, a police officer said.
“The fraudster questioned Agarwal as to what was the balance in his account and asked him to transfer it to his account. When Agarwal investigated, the fraudster said that he had shared his bank account number with the customer whatever Will transfer it in time. Till at night, when Agrawal’s account was not credited, he called his brother-in-law in Delhi and found out that he never called him or asked to transfer any money,” the officer said.
An unidentified person has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology for fraud and identity theft.
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