You
will receive a call from someone whose display picture shows a man in
police uniform. The person calling will talk to you and tell you that
they have intercepted a parcel which has your name, address and phone
number and it contains contraband. The person will tell you that five
passports were found in the parcel along with some foreign currency and a
packet of white powder, which after testing has been confirmed to be
drugs.
The person will ask you whether this is your parcel.
As
it is not your parcel, you will tell him accordingly, he will be
sympathetic to your statement but will tell you that as the parcel
carries your name, address and phone number, he will now be filing a
case against you. Yet, he will say that as he had suspected that you are
an innocent victim, he can save you.
For
saving you, he will tell you that a certain amount of money needs to be
deposited into a designated bank account, which is an official account
and then he can release the parcel without any further investigation and
till such time he is placing you under 'digital-arrest'. He will tell
you that your phone is being monitored and your home and office is being
monitored too. He might even do a video call and you will see him
standing in a room that looks like it is a police station.
In
panic, you will agree to give him the money he is asking for. He might
come back and ask you for more until you plead that you have no more to
give.
Then he will disappear, without a trace.
This has been happening across the country. Educated people are falling into this trap.
I
wonder why Government does not issue a full page advertisement in all
language papers about this and warn people about this scam?
Also,
I wonder why a single unified number is not being advertised where
anyone can call and get clarification in case they are approached by
scammers?
It is said that prevention is better than cure, no?
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