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Udupi: Miscreants threaten techie with drug parcel arrival, fleece him of money

  •   Tue, Jun 13 2023 09:10:27 PM

Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (JD/EP)

Udupi, Jun 13: A software engineer was coerced into transferring Rs 49,554 to the bank account of miscreants who threatened him with the arrival of a drug parcel.

Roshan Kotian (26), a resident of Herga, received phone calls on June 12 from mobile numbers 91963484970 and 91961672741. The unidentified caller claimed to be from FedEx courier and stated that they were in possession of a package addressed to Roshan containing banned MDMA drugs, a laptop, and a credit card. The caller further warned Roshan that a police case had been registered against him in connection with the parcel. The caller instructed Roshan to contact the Narcotic Bureau in Mumbai via Skype ID: cid6716baOaff99471 if he believed the parcel did not belong to him. When Roshan made the call, the person on Skype claimed to be an official from the Mumbai police and requested Roshan's Aadhaar number, mobile number, and photo for verification, stating that a case of illegal cash transfer had been registered against him.

The fraudster then asked Roshan to transfer Rs 24,777 twice, totaling Rs 49,554, to ICICI bank account number 0775055005 as a deposit. Roshan transferred the amount on June 12 from his SBI bank account 39642646138.

Subsequently, Roshan filed a police complaint regarding the fraudulent activity at CEN police station. A complaint has been registered under crime number 104/2023, and it falls under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.

 

 
  

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  • Prakash M M, Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 14 2023

    If he is a techie, what makes him believe such phone calls ?

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai -Mangalore

    Wed, Jun 14 2023

    Most of these so called techies punch routine programs like chatbots, but nothing creative; they lack the most common attribute of "common sense"; most have no knowledge of current affairs or knowledge of what is going on in the country and the world! Otherwise, no-one even with basic education would fall prey to such conmen! Uneducated people have better logical mind than these techies!!

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  • Dr Kusuma Kumari Gunji MBBS DGO, Nellore Kodyadka

    Wed, Jun 14 2023

    I am surprised Hess a educate techy and made such a mistake of transferring money

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai Mangalore

    Tue, Jun 13 2023

    What sort of techies job is he doing when he has lost the faculty of common sense and knowledge of current affairs?

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