Fake WhatsApp message dupes auto company of Rs. 1 crore; don't let this horrible crime get you, just do this
WhatsApp is now increasingly being used by fraudsters to carry out horrific crimes. Earlier this month it was reported that fraudsters duped Serum Institute of Rs. 1 crore by sending WhatsApp messages posing as CEO Adar Poonawalla. And now as per the latest reports, an automobile company named JBM Group was allegedly duped of over Rs. 1 crore by a fraudster who sent fake WhatsApp messages to the firms chief financial officer Vivek Gupta in the name of its vice chairman and got the money transferred in seven bank accounts.
As per the information, the CFO has registered an FIR about the same at the cyber crime police station and informed that he received messages on WhatsApp requesting to transfer a certain amount of money to bank accounts indicated in the fake WhatsApp messages. The official informed that eight transactions totalling Rs. 1,11,71,696 were made in seven different bank accounts.
“The fraudster claimed to be JBM Group vice chairman Nishant Arya. The WhatsApp profile picture of the caller displayed Arya's photograph. On verifying the number on Truecaller, it reflected that the number belonged to Arya. Since, I was informed by the sender that he is busy in an important meeting, I could not directly call to make any further enquiry," the official said in his complaint.
"I carried out the instructions of the sender under the bona fide impression that the instructions were coming from my superior Nishant Arya who needed to effectuate these transactions which were both very important and extremely urgent. The sums were transferred from two entities of the JBM Group, namely JBM Industries and JBM Auto. At the request of the sender, the UTR numbers confirming such transfers were also shared on the same WhatsApp chat,"
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