PUNE: A 70-year-old retired judge from Bavdhan lost Rs1.68 lakh to cybercrooks after he attempted to rectify the address mentioned in a parcel sent to the US. The fraud happened between March 2 and March 5. The retired judge lodged a complaint with the Hinjewadi police on Wednesday.
A police officer said the complainant wanted to send a few gifts to his granddaughter in the US. On March 2, he paid Rs 6,250 and booked the parcel through a private courier company. Later that day, a representative of the courier firm collected the parcel from the senior citizen.
“On March 3, the retired judge tried to track the parcel online and realized that the firm had mentioned the wrong delivery address on the parcel,” the officer said. The retired judge immediately contacted the person who collected the parcel. That man promised to pass on the information to his office.
“According to the complainant, within 15 minutes, he got a call from a man who posed as an employee of the courier company. The man told the complainant that the courier had been deactivated. He added that to reactivate it, the senior citizen needed to pay Rs 5 through a link,” the officer said.
The complainant tried to make that payment but was not successful. “The complainant became suspicious and removed the bank account that was attached to his UPI account,” the officer said.
But on March 4, the complainant received a message that Rs 99,999 had been debited from his bank account. “The complainant told police he had immediately sent an email to the bank about the fraud. On the next day, Rs 67,998 was debited via two more transactions,” he added. “We have sought transaction details from the bank.”
A police officer said the complainant wanted to send a few gifts to his granddaughter in the US. On March 2, he paid Rs 6,250 and booked the parcel through a private courier company. Later that day, a representative of the courier firm collected the parcel from the senior citizen.
“On March 3, the retired judge tried to track the parcel online and realized that the firm had mentioned the wrong delivery address on the parcel,” the officer said. The retired judge immediately contacted the person who collected the parcel. That man promised to pass on the information to his office.
“According to the complainant, within 15 minutes, he got a call from a man who posed as an employee of the courier company. The man told the complainant that the courier had been deactivated. He added that to reactivate it, the senior citizen needed to pay Rs 5 through a link,” the officer said.
The complainant tried to make that payment but was not successful. “The complainant became suspicious and removed the bank account that was attached to his UPI account,” the officer said.
But on March 4, the complainant received a message that Rs 99,999 had been debited from his bank account. “The complainant told police he had immediately sent an email to the bank about the fraud. On the next day, Rs 67,998 was debited via two more transactions,” he added. “We have sought transaction details from the bank.”
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