What is Parcel Scam Fraudsters swindling lakhs of rupees from people CBIC warns

What is Parcel Scam : Internet has become an important part of our daily life. It has made everyone’s work easier, so why should fraudsters stay behind! For the past several days, such cases of crime are coming to light in different cities of the country, in which people sitting at home are being duped of lakhs of rupees. It has been named Parcel Scam. In this scam, people are assured that the parcel being sent in their name contains drugs. People are trapped by threatening them and then money is extorted.

A few days ago, fraudsters duped a Pune engineer of Rs 27.9 lakh. The engineer was told that a parcel from Taiwan had arrived in Mumbai in his name, which contained drugs. The fraudsters convinced the engineer that the call made to him was from the Cyber ​​Crime Cell of Mumbai Police. The engineer was threatened with arrest, to avoid which the victim transferred money to the accused 10 times and lost about Rs 27.9 lakh.

This is not the only case. Recently, an engineer from Noida was also duped in a similar way. According to media reports, an engineer living in Greater Noida received a call. The person on the other end said that he was speaking from the courier company. The victim was told that his Aadhaar card was used in a parcel being sent abroad, which contained drugs. The courier employee said that the Narcotics Control Bureau had stopped his parcel. After this, the victim received a call. Someone spoke posing as an NCB officer. Threatened him. Then he was made to transfer about 9 lakh rupees.

Beware of fraud in the name of ‘drugs in parcel’! pic.twitter.com/PYXWuuGXK3

— CBIC (@cbic_india) May 25, 2024

From these incidents, you must have understood what the whole matter is. People are being trapped in the name of drugs in parcels. In view of these incidents, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has warned people. It has said that do not trust such calls. Do not fall into anyone’s trap and immediately inform the department. CBIC has said in a social media post that it never makes such calls.