A 41-year-old television actress from Jogeshwari (West) was duped of Rs 16,000 after being lured with a message claiming that her name had been selected among a group of 1000 people to be gifted with the latest phone worth Rs1.
4 lakhs.Oshiwara police registered the case against an unknown person on June 16 after the actress, KA Khan, filed a complaint that a person who identified himself as a customs officer from the airport called her and made her create the ID number of the phone before it is delivered to her.In the complaint, Khan said: "I received a message on my mobile number as I clicked on the link.
Later, I received a call and the person sent a photo of the phone and told me to share the courier code that the caller provided to me.
First, I was asked to transfer Rs 4,000 towards tax and later asked to transfer Rs12,000 to create an ID for the mobile before it is delivered.
I got suspicious when the person who identified as a customs officer repeatedly demanded money.
Similarly, a 43-year-old homemaker from Khar (West) lost Rs1.
65 lakh after she was lured of winning the high-end mobile and to be one among 1000 lucky ones to earn the gift.
In the complaint, SA Patel said: I was provided with a token number after transferring Rs 2000 to a mobile number.
Apart from mobile, the fraudster told me that I have earned a gold necklace, gold ring, bangles, and cash as a gift and asked me to pay tax to get it.
The person who identified himself as a customs officer also forwarded a note printed on the letterhead of the Prime Ministers office and duped me.