VASCO
Vascokars on Sunday woke up to online fraud scams with people arriving to houses as representatives of various companies and fraudulently transferring cash from their accounts.
Vasco police have now registered three cases in this regard against unknown accused for cheating people fraudulently under Sections 419,420 of IPC and Sections 66D of the IT Act.
Speaking to reporters, Vasco PI Kapil Nayak has appealed to people to be careful and not fall prey to people who may visit houses posing as representatives of banks or companies.
"There was a complaint by one Usha Nandini (39) from Mangor that one person impersonating as customer care executive of online shopping site on the pretext of selling a bicycle online fraudulently got access to bank account and transferred a total of Rs 2 lakh on different occasions through her bank account using computer resources," said PI Nayak.
"Another person, Shubash Priya Singh (36) from Varnapuri-Vasco complained that one accused person impersonating as the customer care executive of a bank on the pretext of KYC updation fraudulently got access to his bank account and transferred a total of Rs 16,031 through his bank account using computer resources."
"Sandeep Kumar Yadav (25) complained that one accused person impersonating as a customer care executive of one courier service on the pretext of resolving problem with the product ordered by the complaint, fraudulently got access to bank account and transferred a total of Rs 15,000 through his bank account using computer resources," said PI Nayak.
Vasco police is further investigating the case under the supervision of PI Kapil Nayak and the guidance of DySP Rajesh Kumar.
