Most reported financial fraud in Kerala, warns Kerala Police

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Police said that enforcement officer fraud is the most reported financial fraud in Kerala. The caller will inform that there is a courier in your name and it contains money, SIM, fake Aadhaar cards and drugs. The police also warned the fraud is also committed in the name of booking a courier using your Aadhaar card and bank details.

The fraud method is as follows
The scammer tells you your Aadhaar number and bank account details. As the items in the parcel have terrorist links and the phone is handed over to a senior officer of the CBI or cyber police to get more information, speaks another person. He says MDMA, passport and many Aadhaar cards are inside the parcel and you are helping terrorists. They send you a fake ID card to prove that he is a police officer, fake documents to prove that you are related to the complaint etc. It is also requested to verify the ID card information through the website. A person wearing the uniform of a senior police officer will come on a video call and make these demands.

Then, the scammer pretends to be a police officer and asks you to provide your savings details. The fake officer who understands your finances asks you to send the entire savings for verification using the finance department's software.

Scammers ask that you are under virtual arrest and don't go anywhere. You believe the threat and transfer the entire savings to the bank account they send.
Then the fraud can be understood only when messages are not received from them and contact is not possible.

There is no need to panic if you receive such messages, said the police. Do not under any circumstances transfer money to the account number sent by the scammers. No investigative agency will ask us to hand over our assets for investigation. Understand that they have the power to freeze accounts and ask the bank for information about our savings.

In case of online financial fraud, report the information within one hour (GOLDEN HOUR) to 1930. The sooner you report, the more likely you are to recover the lost amount. A complaint can also be registered on the website https://cybercrime.gov.in/