Mumbai: A resident of Amboli, Andheri, was duped of Rs 1.59 crore on the pretext of “lapsing HDFC policy” by a person posing as an official of the finance department (Integrated Grievance Management System).
About The Case
The complainant, Sudip Kumar Ghosh, 57, received a message on WhatsApp from someone named Rajiv Sharma, the purported finance department official, who said that the former’s policy was lapsing soon. Sharma claimed that if the premium and penalty were not paid, Ghosh would lose Rs 3 crore in policy benefits.
Acting on his instructions, Ghosh transferred Rs 1.59 crore under various categories. However, when he realised that the claim about the policy lapse was false, filed a complaint against an unidentified person at the cyber police station.
