(*4*)PF Scam: After the couple realised that that they had been duped, they approached the police and lodged a criticism. (Representative picture)
The fraudster claimed that she was talking from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
An aged man from south Mumbai was allegedly duped to the tune of Rs 4.35 crore by a cyber fraudster, who informed him that he was entitled to get a Provident Fund corpus of Rs 11 crore, police mentioned on Thursday.
The incident surfaced when the 71-12 months-outdated man’s spouse filed a criticism with the Cuffe Parade police station, as disclosed by an official to the information company PTI.
“In her complaint, she said she received a call from a woman in May this year. The caller claimed that she was speaking from the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). In order to win the victim’s trust, the caller provided all relevant information about the complainant’s husband to her,” PTI quoted the official as saying.
The caller additionally informed the complainant that her husband’s firm had deposited Rs 4 lakh in his EPF account for a interval of 20 years and he’s now entitled to get the maturity quantity of Rs 11 crore, the official mentioned.
The complainant’s husband earlier labored in a distinguished Information Technology (IT) companies and consulting firm. After his retirement, the couple had withdrawn invested funds submit-maturity.
The caller then requested the lady to deposit cash required in the direction of the cost of TDS, GST and revenue tax. Believing her, the lady transferred cash into the financial institution accounts as per her directions on occasion, he mentioned.
“This way, the accused woman duped the couple to the tune of Rs 4.35 crore. The victim was asked to transfer money on several occasions between May and September under various pretexts. But when the caller kept demanding more money, the couple told her that they did not have any more funds,” the official added.
The caller girl then began threatening that she would inform the IT division, he mentioned.
After they realised that that they had been duped, the couple approached the police and lodged a criticism on Tuesday, he mentioned.
Based on the criticism, a primary info report (FIR) underneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 384 (extortion), 419 (dishonest by personation), 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property), and 34 (acts finished by a number of individuals in furtherance of widespread intention) and varied sections of the I-T Act, together with id theft was filed.
A probe within the case is underway.
