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Air hostess became a victim of cyber fraud, transferred about Rs 10 lakh
Scam: A 24-year-old air hostess from the Thane district of Maharashtra became a victim of cyber fraud. The fraudsters got her to transfer about Rs 10 lakh by threatening to arrest her on charges of money laundering. Let's know how the fraudsters carried out the incident?
A 24-year-old air hostess from Thane district of Maharashtra became a victim of cyber fraud. The fraudsters got her to transfer about Rs 10 lakh by threatening to arrest her on money laundering charges. The air hostess living in Kalyan received calls from unknown phone numbers on November 23, 2024, informing her that the parcel sent by her had not reached its destination in Iran.
When the victim told the caller that she had not sent any parcel, the caller told her over a video call that her name had appeared in a money laundering case and threatened to arrest her. The caller then sent some links to her mobile number and forced her to transfer Rs 9.93 lakh before disconnecting the call, a police official said. The woman realized she had been duped and approached the police.
The location of the phone number was "foreign", the police official said. An FIR has been registered under various sections of the Indian Justice Code and the Information Technology Act. No arrest has been made in the case so far.
