Sambalpur: TPWODL employee victimized by fraud; The Account was debited by 15 Lakh rupees
Sambalpur: Vivekanand Behera, an employee of the TPWODL Burla office, has become a victim of cyber fraud. The fraudster scared him and took Rs. 15 Lakh. After he lodged a written complaint at the Sambalpur Cyber Police Station, the police registered a case and started an investigation into the incident.
According to the information, he received a call from an unknown number in the morning. He identified himself as an employee of a transport company and claimed that his parcel booked from Mumbai to Thailand was being returned as it contained illegal items. They said that there were 5 passports, 2 laptops, 2 kg of clothes, and 150 mg of MDMA.
A case was also registered in the Mumbai Crime Branch after it was found to have illegal material, it said, adding that it had placed some calls linking a crime branch official. After asking him to download the Skype app, the other man sent the crime branch ID card and asked for details about the parcel. He said that 5 bank employees are heavily involved in such transactions. The bank opened the website and asked to log in.
He asked to send Rs 5 lakh personally and send some money to the RBI account to find out whether the 3 accounts are illegal or valid. The call was then disconnected. Vivekananda understood that 15 lakhs of rupees had been deducted from his account. After realizing that he was a victim of fraud, he lodged a written complaint.
