A person of Indian origin living in the US and Hyderabad had a loss of Rs 11.50 crore a few days ago. Some people cheated him on the pretext of trading in seed oil through import business through the cyber cell.
Cyber fraudsters are now targeting not only gullible people or ordinary people but also high profile people. There have been many such cases in Hyderabad, Telangana, where high profile people have become victims of cyber fraud.
Top police officials said a former Director-General of Police, a top judicial officer. An educated NRI has been the victim of cyber fraud. Recently, while addressing the IPS probationers at the SVP National Police Academy (NPA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that women and children are the most frequent targets of cybercriminals, the police officer said. But what we are seeing now is that even people holding high-profile positions are falling prey to online fraud.
A few days back, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) Chairman and Managing Director G Raghuma Reddy lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police. He had complained that the caller posing as an employee of a general insurance company and asked for details of PAN number and driving license number from him in the name of giving an insurance claim of 4.5 lakhs.
The director said, 'I gave the details of my driving license number and PAN number assuming the call is correct. But after some time I got suspicious and tried to call back on the same mobile number and it got switched off. When I checked the number through Truecaller, I found that it was fake.
Similarly, a retired Director General of Police rank officer recently lost around Rs 2.5 lakh. A caller posing as a BSNL call center executive asked him to update the KYC. He asked to download the remote accessing app on the phone. Thereafter, the hacker collected all the net banking details of the police officers and carried out four separate banking transactions, and withdrawn the money.
Many of the victims who have been duped in the recent past are residents of upmarket Banjara Hills. Jubilee Hills, and Madhapur, including top businessmen, techies, and executives.
A person of Indian origin living in the US and Hyderabad had a loss of Rs 11.50 crore a few days ago. Some people cheated him on the pretext of trading in seed oil through import business. The victim is a doctor. He replied to an unsolicited email after which money was deducted from his account.
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