How Mumbai Woman Foiled Scammers Posing As Cops
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Kavita Patkar, a homemaker, has now filed a complaint with the police as well, after realizing that she had inadvertently given them her Aadhaar details and photographs.
A 35-year-old woman from Mumbai has managed to turn the tables on some online scammers, when posing as cops, they tried to extract her bank account details. Kavita Patkar, a homemaker, has now filed a complaint with the police as well, after realizing that she had inadvertently given them her Aadhaar details and photographs.
In the complaint filed with the police, Ms Patkar said she had received a call, which initially was a recorded message saying her mobile phone services will be disconnected soon. To know why, she was asked to press 1.
When she did so, a man identifying himself as Rohit Singh came on call, posing as TRAI official, and explained her number was used to defraud around 15 to 20 people, who had all lodged a complaint against the number holder.
