Cyber Fraudster Target Customer under Disguise of Insurance Officer

Cyber fraudsters are targeting customers under the disguise of not a bank official but an insurance company official. In one such event, a 67 year old citizen from Thottakattukara, Kochi, lost Rs 1 lakh. He was approached by a woman name Radhika Jain who claimed to be from an insurance company. She promised the victim to make the financial settlement for the raised claim if he pays Rs 1 lakh to renew the policy. When the victim filed the complaint, Rural Cyber Police, Ernakulam, launched the investigation. The incident took place on October 29 and the fraudster claimed to be an ICICI Prudential Insurance official. The fraudster fooled the elderly person by telling them that his insurance policy has expired and the settlement cannot be made disbursement of the insurance amount.
As per the Police officer, “The fraudster suggested the victim to pay Rs 1 Lakh to renew the insurance policy. If the policyholder pays the amount then he will be considered as Senior citizen and the disbursement will be done. In order to make it look genuine, the caller sent ICICI Prudential life insurance letterhead through Whatsapp.” “The fraudster promised the complainant that within 45 days the settlement of Rs 2.45 lakh will be done. The victim transferred the amount to the fraudster’s Canara bank account and once the payment was made the fraudster sent some fake documents. However, the promised settlement of Rs 2.45 lakh was not made even after 45 days.” A police officer said. After cross checking the details of transaction, the police found out that the accused was from Aligarh. Police is also probing as to how the accused got the information related to the insurance policy of the victim.