Israeli national duped of Rs 2 lakh in Bengaluru by cybercriminals posing as FedEx staff, Mumbai cop
Bengaluru: A 39-year-old Israeli national, residing on Millers Road, fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing nearly Rs 2 lakh after being deceived by a group of individuals posing as FedEx employees and Mumbai police officers.
The victim, an entrepreneur in the performance and health intelligence sector, received a call on August 27 from an individual who introduced himself as Akash, a FedEx Mumbai executive. Akash claimed that a parcel sent under the Israeli national's name to Iran contained suspicious items, including expired passports, a laptop, a pen drive, four credit cards, 3kg of toys, and 420 grams of MDMA.
The fraudsters alleged that a case had been registered against the entrepreneur at the Mumbai Cybercrime Station. The call was then transferred to a supposed senior police officer who informed the victim that his PAN was being used to open bank accounts involved in money laundering and that he would be arrested soon.
The victim was instructed to stay home and avoid informing anyone, including his family and the police.
During a subsequent Skype call, the scammer, dressed in a khaki uniform and displaying an ID card, claimed that a virtual investigation had been initiated. The victim was then coerced into transferring Rs 98,888 twice to two different accounts under the pretense that the money was required for verification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and would be returned afterward.
When the fraudsters demanded more money, the entrepreneur grew suspicious and refused to comply, leading the scammers to disconnect the call. The victim lodged a police complaint the next day.
Police are currently working to recover the funds from the fraudsters' bank accounts.
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Puthucherry CM Rangasamy secures unassailable lead
Puducherry (PTI): Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy was on course to retain his Thattanchavady Assembly constituency as counting of votes polled in the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections was on across the UT.
At the end of four rounds of counting, which was the last one, the CM was ahead of his TVK-backed Neyyam Makkal Kazhagam candidate E Vinayakam by 4,441
votes, gaining an unassailable lead.
The veteran leader polled 10,024 while Vinayakam polled 5583 votes. Congress' Ve Vaithilingam polled 2990 votes, bracing for the fourth place after an independent.
This constituency is an important segment which drew the attention of political parties. Rangasamy has contested from two segments-Thattanchavady and Mangalam segments.
