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Mumbai: A police complaint has been filed alleging that a 53-year-old railway pilot was forced to transfer money. The fraudsters carried out the fraud by posing as TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) officials apart from the police.
Giving more information in this regard, the police said that the complainant is a resident of Bhusaval. And people work as pilots in the railways. On July 15, the complainant received an automated call from TRAI informing him that his mobile services would be discontinued soon. He was instructed to press 9 if he wanted more information on the matter. The victim dialed nine and the call was transferred to 'an officer of TRAI'. The officer told the victim that a criminal case is registered against him at Milaknagar police station in Mumbai. The complainant also said that a SIM card has been issued from Milaknagar using his Aadhaar card.
After the conversation between the two ended, the complainant received a call from a man who introduced himself as a police sub-inspector and said that sensitive crimes like publishing pornographic videos have been committed using his SIM card. A total of 17 complaints have been received at the Tilaknagar police station against the complainant in this regard. The man further said that his bank account is being investigated under the money laundering case. He said that he suspects that the complainant had received a commission of Rs 20 lakh from the accused involved in the money laundering case.
The fraudster assured the complainant that his bank account would be investigated for his involvement. Along with this, the producer also shared fake documents of SEBI, Finance Ministry and Supreme Court, which said that permission was given to investigate the bank transactions. After this, the fraudster asked the complainant to make four online transactions in different banks and transferred Rs 22 lakh.
The complainant then said that he had been subjected to cyber fraud after watching a cyber crime awareness video, following which he lodged a complaint with the police, who registered a case against unknown fraudsters under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act and started further investigation.
