"Fake FIR, Drugs In Thailand": Chennai Woman Warns Against "Aadhaar Misuse" Scam
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Ms Mohan said the caller even warned her of "rising scams" and offered to help her with the issue urgently by contacting the police.
After two Gurugram residents were duped of nearly Rs 2 crore by cyberfraudsters, a marketing professional from Chennai on Tuesday said she received a similar scam call claiming her Aadhaar number was used to send drugs to Thailand. Two weeks ago, there was news of one man from Gurgaon losing 56 Lakhs to a scammer and another, 1.3 Crores. I got the same call today.A customer care exec from FedEx will call you and say that your Aadhar card is being misused to send packages with drugs to Thailand. Anyway, I told the scammer I'd wait for the police to contact me and cut the call. Here are some more ways you can protect yourself: https://t.co/UVkkiV3Gkg
In a series of posts on X, Lavanya Mohan detailed the conversation she had with a man posing as a customer care executive from delivery service FedEx claiming drugs were being transported internationally using her ID.