While impersonating Naresh Gujral, the scammer communicated with the employee of his staff and eventually shared a bank account number, asking to transfer ₹7.8 crore via RTGS.
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Naresh Gujral, ex-Rajya Sabha MP of the Shiromani Akali Dal and son of former Prime Minister, late Inder Kumar Gujral, has reportedly been duped of ₹7.8 crore in a cyber scam.
Naresh Gujral had filed a complaint with Delhi Police claiming that staff member received a message on WhatsApp from a number that displayed his profile picture, IANS reported.
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While impersonating Naresh Gujral, the scammer communicated with the employee of his staff and eventually shared a bank account number.
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The fraudster then asked the employee to transfer ₹7.8 crore to that account via RTGS. The employee is said to have completed the transaction believing that the request was genuine.
However, police officials said on Thursday that the WhatsApp number did not belong to Naresh Gujral and was simply used by the scammer to deceive the employee by using the former Rajya Sabha member’s profile picture.
After receiving a complaint in connection with the matter, Delhi Police immediately registered an electronic First Information Report (e-FIR) on Tuesday and formed a team to lead the investigate.
At first, they tracked the scammer’s mobile number as well as the bank account involved.
Following the money trail, the police team managed to freeze nearly ₹4 crore across various bank accounts, as per IANS report.
Describing such frauds as “boss scam,” police officials said that in these cases criminals impersonate a company boss or senior executive and then instruct their employees to transfer money or carry out financial transactions.
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