Lost 2 lakhs to a cyber crime
I received a call saying my parcel from Mumbai to Iran needs my authentication, It asked 1 to connect to a FedEx employee, I said its not my parcel, He said identity theft is serious and saying my phone number and email has been compromised. He said he needed Police Clearance Certificate to remove my name from FedEx database. He forwarded the mail to Mumbai Cyber Crime department. There I was connected to an officer. He asked my age, where I am from, and my occupation. He said hes checking for my involvement of my personal number in these delieveries.He said he found my name, mail id and phone numebr associated with 5 banks and its related to Money Laundering and Drug case. He said to clear my name I have to send 98889 ruppes to RBI (them) . they will send the amount back to my account hence checking that the money is not going anywhere. They threatened me that I m involved with Money Laundereing hence I have to transder to amount to RBI to verify my bankaccount and prove my innocence. They said I m under suspect. They were asking do I know some one involved with money laundering. They said we are speaking with in polite manner because I came to them by myself. I transferred 98,889 rupees from my ICICI and SBI banks to their account. But they immediately cut the call. I realise I m fooled and I lost 2 lakhs.
It was so well orchestrated involving 5 people, they all sounded authentic. it was scary as hell. I panicked and couldn't think properly. Stay safe everyone, these are the cons of staying alone and being gullible.
The above is the message I send for the cyber crime report.
https://cybercrime.gov.in/Webform/Crime_ReportTrack.aspx
I lost 2 lakhs or 2 months of my salary.
I really want it back, but I guess its just impossible,
Any advice is appreciated
