Mumbai: The city cyber police blocked Rs 95 lakh of a private company after fraudsters, posing as a directors of the same company, asked its accountant to transfer the amount to another account. Realising the fraud, the company, which deals in renting ships, approached the police, and the entire amount was blocked. A probe found the money was transferred to a medical practitioner.
Police said that the accountant of the company lodged an FIR on November 25.
“One of the accountants of the company received a WhatsApp message from a new number with the company director’s photo as the display photo. The sender posed as the company’s director and said it was his other number. He told the accountant he was in a meeting with govt officials. The message sender enquired how much money they had in the account,” said a police source.
Considering it to be a genuine message, the accountant sent a photo of the company’s balance in its account to the ‘director’.
“The accused told the accountant they were signing a deal for a project and needed to pay advance of Rs 95 lakh. He gave an account number and instructed the accountant to transfer the money to that account. The accountant realised later it was fake. —Mateen Hafeez
Mumbai: The city cyber police blocked Rs 95 lakh of a private company after fraudsters, posing as a directors of the same company, asked its accountant to transfer the amount to another account. Realising the fraud, the company, which deals in renting ships, approached the police, and the entire amount was blocked. A probe found the money was transferred to a medical practitioner.
Police said that the accountant of the company lodged an FIR on November 25.
“One of the accountants of the company received a WhatsApp message from a new number with the company director’s photo as the display photo. The sender posed as the company’s director and said it was his other number. He told the accountant he was in a meeting with govt officials. The message sender enquired how much money they had in the account,” said a police source.
Considering it to be a genuine message, the accountant sent a photo of the company’s balance in its account to the ‘director’.
“The accused told the accountant they were signing a deal for a project and needed to pay advance of Rs 95 lakh. He gave an account number and instructed the accountant to transfer the money to that account. The accountant realised later it was fake. —Mateen Hafeez
