Pune: Two residents of Wagholi have fallen victim to cyber fraud, resulting in a combined loss of over 1 million rupees.
In two separate incidents, a young woman was threatened and defrauded of 1 million rupees, while a young man lost 325,000 rupees through fraudulent credit card transactions. Both cases have been registered at Lonikand Police Station.
In the first case, a 28-year-old woman received a call from someone claiming to be a representative from FedEx courier service.
The caller informed her that a package in her name destined for Iran contained suspicious items, including five passports, three credit cards, two kilograms of clothing, a laptop, and 450 grams of drugs.
The caller claimed the Mumbai Crime Branch had registered a complaint and connected her with purported officials via a Skype video call. The scammers, posing as officers, collected her Aadhaar card and banking details.
Using the threat of money laundering charges, they pressured her to transfer 2 million rupees to resolve the issue. The woman transferred 1 million rupees before realizing the scam and subsequently reported it to the police.
In the second incident, a 32-year-old man from Wagholi discovered that cybercriminals had conducted seven unauthorized credit card transactions, amounting to 315,000 rupees.
The fraudulent activity occurred early in the morning, and the man became aware of it later when he checked his account. He immediately reported the fraud to his credit card company and lodged a complaint on the cybercrime portal before filing a report at Lonikand Police Station.
