PAN card fraud online: How a man lost Rs 7 lakh A Kanpur man, Suresh Chandra Sharma, lost Rs 7 lakh while attempting to get a PAN card for his great-grandson. Scammers posing as customer service representatives tricked him into sharing banking details, leading to fraudulent withdrawals.
A Kanpur man lost Rs 7 lakh to cybercriminals while trying to obtain a PAN card for his great-grandson in the US. Suresh Chandra Sharma fell victim to an online scam while searching for customer service assistance for the PAN card application. Two individuals posing as representatives tricked him into providing his banking information under the pretext of needing a guarantor for the card. They then fraudulently withdrew over Rs 7.7 lakh from his bank accounts. A case has been registered under the IT Act, and police investigations are underway. What Sharma said to the police In the FIR, Sharma, a resident of Nasheed Moti Vihar Sarvodaya Nagar, reported that he had searched online to apply for a PAN card for his great-grandson, Kanishk Pandey. During the process, two individuals claiming to be customer service representatives, Avinash Awasthi and Rajeev Ranjan, informed him that he needed to act as a guarantor for the PAN card. They collected his Aadhaar card, PAN card, and banking details. In November, the duo fraudulently withdrew Rs 1,40,071 and Rs 6,30,071 from two of Sharma’s bank accounts, amounting to a total of Rs 7,70,143. Upon discovering the unauthorised transactions, Sharma filed complaints with his banks, the Commissioner of Police, Kakadeo Police, and the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Kakadeo Inspector Manoj Singh Bhadauria has confirmed to TOI that a case has been registered under the IT Act based on Sharma’s complaint, and investigations are underway. Misuse of PAN, Aadhaar card revealed massive 380 crore scam In another case, a real estate agent from Diva received an income tax notice for transactions totalling Rs 382 crore in Septemeber. This revealed a massive financial scam where his identity was used for money laundering. The agent, who lives in a chawl, was lured by an acquaintance with a job offer in 2022. The perpetrators used his documents to open fraudulent bank accounts and create fake firms, facilitating transactions worth crores. The scam surfaced when the victim received the income tax notice, prompting him to contact the cybercrime police who then started investigating the matter. K Rajaram IRS 41224 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooohEgBPWDWNBmOYVSz1676vVNdsDH3YtOBj%2BTV4MrLNg%40mail.gmail.com.
