Having a systematic financial growth is a goal all working professionals aspire to have one. A chartered accountant Vishal Mehra (name changed) too had aimed at saving up for the future. In 2017, Mehra got a phone call from a person who sold a bonus investment plan to him. The man asked Mehra to pay Rs 20,000 extra for a Rs 2 lakh Life Insurance Corporation policy he had. The caller told him if he invested Rs 20,000 now the invested premium will double to Rs 4 lakh. He told Mehra since he was a premium customer Rs 20,000 that he invested will be utilised in certain plans which will help them earn profits. Mehra was told to transfer the money in a particular account created by the caller. Mehra ended up paying Rs 17 lakh over a period of six months, till he realised this was a fraud call.
"As per their directions, I transferred the money through online banking. Again after two days they called me again and said that the amount of the bonus has increased and asked me to pay extra amount to which I agreed. I transferred the money through cheque. The same thing kept on repeating. Finally by January I realised that they are fooling me after which I approached police as they did not pay any bonus," said Mehra.
Even after 10 months, police has not been able to find any clues in this case. Similarly, a 26-year-old Mohnish Madaan, was duped for a sum of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of getting employment.
"After completing my B.Com graduation from an open university, I could not get a job. Following which I applied for jobs on all the platforms such as Linkedin, Jobseeker, Monster.com etc. Around a month ago, I got a call from a company offering me a work in a good private firm. They asked me to deposit the money either in their bank account or transfer it using e-wallet for the job," said Madaan.
Initially they asked to deposit Rs 20,000 then asked another amount in the name of changing the resume and sent a fake job offer letters.
"They kept on asking me to pay for other documentation works and insurance services and other polices of the company. However, when I visited the place, there was something else on that place and it was then I realised that I have been duped. I then approached the police," said Madaan.
According to the police, this is just two cases, however, there are thousands of people who are duped on early basis.
In the year 2018, the Delhi police saw as many as 62 cases under IT Act cases. While most them are still pending. While more than eight fake call centers were busted from Noida.
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