Hyderabad: Ex-top cop, judicial officer become target of cyber fraud
Hyderabad news: Three cases were registered with Hyderabad cyber police recently claiming they have been conned. All three were high-profile people.
Hyderabad: According to the latest data, gullible people are no longer the sole target of cyber fraudsters. High-profile con cases are rising rapidly in Hyderabad. A top police officer told the Times of India that recently a former director-general of police, a top judicial officer, and an educated NRI became the new targets of cyber fraud.
As per the TOI report, “Recently, while virtually addressing the IPS probationers in SVP National Police Academy (NPA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that women and children have been very vulnerable to cybercrime. But what we are observing now is that persons occupying high-profile positions are also becoming victims of online fraud,” said a top police officer.
A few days ago, a complaint was registered to the Hyderabad cyber crime police by the chairman and managing director of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDC), G Raghuma Reddy, claiming that sensitive information was taken from him by a fraudster.
“The caller identified himself as an employee of the general insurance company and requested me to furnish details of PAN number and driving license number to get the claim of 4.5 lakh insurance amount,” Reddy told police in his complaint.
Fearing that the details of his PAN and driving license number will be misused, he called back on the number but found it to be switched off. Later, he checked his number on the Truecaller application; he found it to be fake.
In a similar case, registered by the retired general of police rank officer led him to lose a sum of Rs. 2.5 lakh. The caller claimed to be a BSNL call center executive and asked him to update his Know Your Customer (KYC).
The hacker, to be out of suspicion, made four different banking transactions and withdrew money. Many of the victims who were conned in recent times are residents of upmarket Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, and Madhapur, comprising top businessmen, techies, and executives.
A person residing in the USA and Hyderabad lost Rs. 11.50 crore a few days ago. He was cheated on the pretext of trading seed oil through import business.
“The breach of customer details is one of the prime reasons for cyber frauds. Many victims fall prey to fraudsters since the fraudsters, after accessing the breached data, give authentic details about the customer like policy details or baning information or similar information while fooling the customer that it’s an authentic phone call. Trusting the caller, the victims share all the requested information,” assistant commissioner of police (cybercrime) KVM Prasad told TOI.
News Credit: Times Now News
