Cyber ​​fraud in Varanasi by posing as a female IPS officer. Cyber ​​fraud in Varanasi by posing as an IPS officer: Sent fake letter complaining of money laundering and drug trafficking, stole hard earned money – Varanasi News

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One day I got a call, a crime has been committed from your number. Ritika Singh, a resident of Bhojubeer, said – A call came at 11 pm on Saturday which was said to be from the telecom company. The girl speaking from the other side said- Your number is being switched off. There is another SIM card based on yours. Fraud has been committed by using it. The total fraud is Rs 46 lakh. Delhi Police has registered a case in this regard.

Said to call Delhi Police According to Ritika- The woman said that your number will be switched off. If you are not like this then talk to Delhi Police. When I said I don’t have the number, she said I will get it informed. After that he disconnected the call and after some time a video call came from another number.

The same letter was sent by cyber frauds in the name of IPS Rajeshwari Pradhan.

Call received from phone with logo of Delhi Police and CBI Ritika further told – After some time, a video call came on WhatsApp from a number in which a woman’s voice came from the other side and she introduced herself as CBI officer Rajeshwari Pradhan but she was not visible. Only the logo of Delhi Police and the logo of CBI were visible. The woman sitting there said, I am an IPS officer and your case is registered in Delhi, money laundering has been done from that number.

Do not talk to anyone until the process is done Ritika told – The woman who called herself Rajeshwari Pradhan told me – You are not to talk to anyone until you are interrogated. No calls to be received. If someone comes, he also has to be sent back. I did the same and received many calls but I did not pick up. She kept asking me different kinds of questions.

Ritika was threatened by posing as an IPS officer.

All the money in the account will have to be transferred, will return after investigation. The woman, calling herself IPS officer Rajeshwari Pradhan, told Ritika that a fraud of Rs 46 lakh had taken place from her number. In such a situation, you will have to transfer all the money in your account. When the investigation is over, we will return the money to you. I agreed to this and for the first time sent 11 thousand, then 2 thousand and then 4 thousand rupees to the number given by him.

If you got suspicious, call your neighbor Ritika told- During this time I had some doubt that fraud was happening with me too. After disconnecting the call, I called my neighbor and he said that this is a method of cyber fraud. After this, when I called him again, he started scolding me as to why he disconnected the call. When I started talking to him about cyber fraud, he disconnected the phone.

Complaint lodged online When Ritika said that she should lodge a complaint at the cyber police station in the evening, then citing the rules, the woman was asked to lodge an FIR at the nearest police station or online. After which the woman has lodged an online FIR. As per rules, only complaints of cyber fraud above Rs 5 lakh are filed in the cyber police station.