Lawyer duped of Rs 5.5 lakh over SIM card update in Pune

PUNE: An unknown caller duped a 65-year-old lawyer of Rs5.5 lakh under the pretext of upgrading her mobile SIM card earlier this year.
The lawyer filed an FIR with the Deccan Gymkhana police on Saturday.
Inspector Sanjay Mogle told TOI that on June 9, the woman received a call from an unknown person, who posed as an executive of her mobile operator’s customer care. “The man told her that the company would soon stop services of her SIM card and told her to update it,” Mogle said.
The man told her that to complete the process she would have to transfer Re1 to his bank account via NEFT. The woman transferred the amount. “The man then took her bank details from her and siphoned Rs5.5 lakh from her account,” the inspector said.
A case has been registered under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provisions of the Information and Technology (IT) Act.
Baner man loses Rs 5.7L
Cybercrooks duped a 46-year-old man from Baner of Rs5.7 lakh on the promise of helping him get a dealership of a renowned cosmetics and Ayurvedic products company. The incident occurred between October 2020 and November 2020.
The man filed an FIR with the Chatushrungi police on August 7, 2021.
An officer from the Chatushrungi police told TOI that an unknown caller, who posed as a chief executive officer (CEO), offered the dealership to the complainant and his brother. “The caller told them to transfer amounts under the pretext of advance, registration charges and some other charges. The complainant and his brother transferred the amounts to the bank accounts in Punjab and Assam,” the officer said.
He said that when they did not get the dealership of the company, the man filed a complaint with the police.