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Courier Scam In Bengaluru: Online scams in India have been on a prolific rise in the recent past. Amid the rising cases of fake part-time jobs and investment scams, another con in the limelight is courier fraud. In the latest case, a 66-year-old man from Bengaluru was scammed in the name of a courier service and ended up losing Rs 1.52 crore.

The trend in his case remains similar to the previous instances where scammers call the person and inform them that their parcel was confiscated and possessed illegal items such as drugs or similar items. According to The Indian Express, the scammer reached out to the victim via a phone call and introduced them as police officials. They informed him that his parcel was intercepted with such materials.

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As a result, the fraudster asked Debashish Das to deposit money amounts to sail free from any legal problems. As per the report, the police complaint with the South CEN station said that Das received the ring on November 10 from a fraudster who introduced him as a FedEx staff. The worker told the senior citizen that a case was registered against him over a courier having expired passports, credit cards, and illegal MDMA drugs, according to the report.

In this online fraud, the scammer calls the person and informs them that their parcel was confiscated and had illegal items. (Representational Image:Canva/AndreyPopov from Getty Images)

The fraudster asked him to connect to an Andheri cybercrime police officer via a Skype meeting. He was informed by the person on call that several bank accounts were running in Das' name and he was asked to share his bank details to gain clearance from the money laundering allegations.

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In the second iteration, a person who impersonated a DCP told the man to transfer all his money (Rs 1.52 crore) to a specific bank account (given by the scammer) for verification and promised he would get his money back. However, similar to other cases, the scammers stopped responding after receiving the money.