One nightmarish event occurred to a lady living in Mumbai: She was tricked into a whopping 80 lakh by fraudsters who produced fake documents from authorities like the ED and RBI.
The victim was called by mysterious people who said they had lost a considerable amount in a lottery and needed the money refunded urgently to claim the prize. At first, she was suspicious, but eventually became persuaded when they included a phony document on letterheads that claimed to be the government’s.
As ED and RBI representatives, the fraudsters scared the woman over the accounts’ transactions investigation and borrowed her money to clear it. She became afraid of being arrested and objected to fulfilling their requests.
Even by then, the hider kept playing the victim, and when the woman’s money was depleted, she became suspicious and notified the police. In such cases, which are quite complex, identifying the culprits will not be simple because they were using hidden voice-masking technologies without any identification.
Authorities recommend great attention to all unsuspicious villains who provide winnings and surprises. Official government bureaus never request an amount to be paid through any vehicle, such as by phone or electronically way. Informing oneself to differentiate rule-of-law from audacious fakery calls the shot.
It’s like a betrayal that someone’s credibility and money gotten through the long-standing and hard process of acquiring it can be manipulated through fraud. Forcing the financial sector to compensate for its criminogenic tendencies means stiffer laws and more stringent supervision.
