About two-thirds of Indian adults (66%) have fallen sufferer to a web based courting/romance rip-off and victims have misplaced a median of Rs 7,966, a report mentioned earlier this 12 months. Indians are actually focused by a brand new sort of rip-off whereby a sufferer is requested to pay customs obligation to gather costly presents despatched by their ‘pals’ they met on-line or ‘matches’ from matrimony web sites. The federal government has now issued a ‘warning’ that customers must be cautious of such scams.
The Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs has requested the residents to watch out for such fraud.
“Residents Beware! Don’t fall prey to Fraudulent Calls, Emails, Messages and Social Media Posts claiming to be from Indian Customs and demanding cost of customs obligation in private financial institution accounts,” it posted on X.
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There have been a number of instances in India whereby individuals bought tricked into believing they’re in a romantic relationship or a friendship with somebody they met on-line. They have been later duped of enormous sums of cash.
It mentioned that each one Indian Customs communication include a Doc Identification Quantity (DIN), a singular quantity which may be verified at www.cbic.gov.in.
“Watch out for fraudsters extorting cash within the identify of Indian Customs!,” the ministry of data and broadcasting posted on X.
“Indian Customs by no means calls or sends SMS for paying Customs Obligation in a private checking account. All communications from Indian Customs include a DIN which may be verified on the Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs web site,” it mentioned.
In the meantime, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned that the federal government has taken a number of steps in the direction of making certain an open, protected, trusted and accountable Web for Indian residents, retaining in view the rising challenges of cybercrimes.
‘Fb buddy’ dupes lady of 8 lakh
Earlier this 12 months, a report mentioned {that a} Kerala lady was duped of Rs 8 lakh by an individual who she befriended on Fb. A 39-year-old lady fell sufferer to ‘present rip-off’ and misplaced about Rs 8 lakh.
Her ‘friendship’ began with an individual who claimed to be her buddy from the UK. Over a couple of weeks, the scammer informed her about an costly present that he purchased for her. The lady resisted however the scammer insisted that she share her postal handle.
Quickly, she acquired a name from an individual telling her that the package deal is caught at customs and she or he must switch cash in a selected account to get the package deal. She was contacted a number of instances and was informed to pay totally different sums of cash for the that contained Rs 40 lakh and an iPhone.
Quickly she realised that she was conned and when she contacted her ‘Fb buddy’, the particular person mentioned that he did not wish to be disturbed.
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