Pune: Cybercrooks posing as Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials forced a woman (69) from a business family in Koregaon Park to transfer Rs2.08 crore to various bank accounts between April 26 and May 6 this year in a parcel fraud . The senior citizen lodged a complaint in this connection with the cyber police on Tuesday.
According to the FIR, the crooks called her, claiming that a case under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act had been registered on April 18 against her, after Mumbai customs officials intercepted an Iran-bound parcel that mentioned her name as the sender. They said it contained 120 strips of LSD, five passports, garments and other incriminating material. Under the pretext of hushing up the matter, they forced her to make money transfers to different bank accounts.
The woman did not consult family members before doing so, the police said. Police cited the FIR and said the crooks told the woman that the Mumbai crime branch officials were also probing the case. On a video call, they forced her to disclose her credentials, including Aadhaar card number, bank account details, etc.
Later, they also told her that cybercrooks had used her account to execute a major cyber fraud. Senior inspector Meenal Patil of the cyber police told TOI, “The woman stays alone. She did not inform her daughter or son-in-law, who stay in the city, about the threat calls.
The suspects shared details of eight bank accounts with her and she transferred amounts from Rs.
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