Techie loses Rs 1.97 lakh in ‘courier-related fraud’, how this new cyber crime works

Another case similar to the recent biggest-ever cyber fraud case reported in Delhi where a woman doctor lost more than Rs 4.5 crore has been reported in Mumbai. A woman IT professional from the city was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.97 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as narcotics department officials. The cybercriminals claimed that her Aadhaar number was linked to the bank accounts of criminals, police said. The incident came to light when the woman lodged an FIR with the police. In the Delhi cyber crime case too, the criminals claimed to be from “Maharashtra narcotics division”. This case too began with a phone call to the victim regarding her “FedEx package” that had been “seized”.