“‘FedEx courier’ scam in Bengaluru: Tech company CEO loses Rs 2.3 crores to fraudsters claiming to be Mumbai Crime Branch officers”, Opindia, February 20, 2024:
“In India’s tech capital Bengaluru, a 66-year-old man, the CEO and founder of a software company in the city, has lost a whooping Rs 2.3 crores after falling victim to a classic courier fraud.
As per a report in TOI, a person from CV Raman Nagar has filed a complaint with the East CEN Crime Police Station, against unknown persons. As per the complaint, the senior citizen and CEO got a call from an unknown number on February 6.
The unknown caller told the victim that they were calling from FedEx Mumbai and they repeated his name, Aadhar number, and mobile number to confirm his identity. The caller then told the victim that there is a parcel in his name and it contains clothes, 4 different passports, and 150 grams of an illegal narcotic substance known as MDMA…..”
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