Financial fraud involving fraudsters posing as custom officials on the rise
2 years, 11 months ago

Financial fraud involving fraudsters posing as custom officials on the rise

India Today  

Recently, the customs department has received many complaints about where people have been duped of their money in their officers' name. The fraudsters have been cheating the general public through social media platforms, impersonating customs officials and promising them to send parcels of various articles to India against payment in the name of customs duties. It further said that the fraudsters impersonate customs officials by using their names and instructing the consignees to deposit money in the bank accounts created by them for fraudulent purposes to extort money. General public warned The Customs have warned the general public that customs officials never call and ask them to pay Customs duty to any specific individual's account. The general public is hereby notified, alerted or advised not to pay any amount in the name of customs to any person or any private account or to anyone who demands such payments claiming to be an officer of Customs on the parcels alleged to be detained by Customs at Delhi Airport or Import or Export Shed, it added.

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