The woman told the scammer that she will physically visit the police station and sort it all out.
In a recent incident, a fraudster posed as sub-inspector Rahul Singh from Kirti Nagar Police Station in Delhi.
Every day, a new cyber scam surfaces on the internet like the WhatsApp international call scam, the ‘look who just died’ scam on Facebook or the fake SMS scam to customers asking for their KYC. Now another scam is targeting the people in Delhi. The scammers are projecting themselves as Delhi Police officials and asking people to provide personal details. Twitter users have reportedly received automated calls from various numbers and said that the call is from Delhi Police.
Here is one of the cases. According to Business Today, a Twitter user revealed that she recently got an automated call from the number +91 96681 9555. The caller told her to stay connected to the line as a few of her documents needed to be picked up. The call then got connected to an English-speaking man who posed as sub-inspector Rahul Singh from Kirti Nagar Police Station in Delhi.
Singh then asked the woman if she had recently misplaced her Aadhaar card, PAN card or ATM card to which she said no. To make it look more concrete, the fraudster asked her to confirm the last 4 digits of her card as they found a card with her name on it.
The woman then told the scammer that she will physically visit the said police station and sort it all out. She also claimed that the caller seemed very convincing and can easily trick senior citizens or people who are not aware of such scams.
Ok,I just got a call from a random number saying it’s from Delhi police station and I have an uncollected missing document, also that my number has been given to CBCID in a money laundering case.This is the number +91 96131 1057 What’s this new scam all about ? @chennaipolice_— Soundarya Bala Nandakumar (@Itsmesoundarya) May 30, 2023
Another user shared that she received a similar call from a Delhi Police who told her that her ATM has been used in a money laundering case and CBI wants to know her details for some pieces of evidence in the cases. When she said that she will go to the CBI office in Bengaluru, the fraudster yelled at her and told her that the police will be reaching her location.
beware of new scam going on in the market. today i got an automated call, saying i have some important document to collect from delhi police station. then they connected call to someone who claimed to be SI of delhi police station and he said my atm has been found used— Anjali Singh (@AnjaliS87447585) June 2, 2023
Exhausted of scam calls. They have been constantly progressing. Earlier it was attempts to get a/c info etc. Then some customs excuse. Now claiming to be Delhi Police. Will this ever end? That was the no today +917982789702. @TRAI fyi.— Priya Singh (@greenchough) June 1, 2023
How can you escape from such scams?
Simple, if you are in any money laundering case, then the police will come to your place to arrest you rather than asking for your ATM number or Aadhaar card details. The scam call has nine digits rather than 10. So, when you see that the call has Delhi Police written on it, please check the number of digits in the phone numbers.
Also, never share any details which are related to your bank account, neither your Aadhaar Card number nor even CVV, PIN or OTP number. Providing these can make you a victim money laundering case. The police, banks and your telephone operator will never call and ask for such details from you.
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