Mumbai Visa Scam: Accidental video call from Mumbai Auto gives “Washington Official” in Rs 2 Lakh cheating | News from Mumbai

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Mumbai: A self -dialying video call on WhatsApp has exposed a fraudster. A man who claimed to be a “senior embassy official at Washington DC” and took a little over Rs 2 Lakh from a woman from Mumbai to help get a US visa could land in the police net. Time after his mobile phone, which was in hand, automatically formed the woman’s number.
The doctor has accepted the inadvertent video call from his issue on February 15, and what he saw -amazed. The man, who claimed to be the American resident Shailesh Parekh, was, in fact, placed in a position crouched in a car that seemed to move in a place that had the agitation, agitation, appearance and sensation of an area of ​​Mumbai or there.
The doctor, who is with a known hospital and known on “Parekh” on a matrimonial portal in 2010, went straight to the police, who are now hunting.
Although the two have been in contact for almost 15 years, changing “good morning” messages regularly, he asked for money in the last two months, after seeking his help to target her nephew.
Visa delay due to the change of US government, conman said doctor
The complaint filed by the doctor of the doctor states that he paid him slightly over Rs 2 Lakh between December 2024 and February in this ear to procure an American visa. In February, the man cited a delay in visa processing, citing the new political dispensation.
The police also investigate the role “Beeda Shailesh Parekh”, which is believed to be the fraudist’s wife.
Beatea called the doctor and claimed to be associated with the “Em Bassy official in Washington DC”. After her call, the doctor transferred Rs 1.5 Lakh. The rest of the money were transferred to pieces after talking about the visa, said a cyber crime official at Juhu Poli Station.
The frauduler who also sent religious images to the doctor. A case of deception was registered against Shailesh and Beeda Shailesh at the Juhu Police Section.
Metal analysis: Women are almost one third of cyber victims, according to NCRB statistics. They face various online crimes, including cyberstalking, blackmail, pornographic content, fraudulent profiles, morpheme images and financial scams that involve deception and false.
Several victims are deceived by false profiles on matrimonial platforms, which leads to monetary losses. Between 2021 and November 2024, 73 people from Mumbai were doubled by fraudsters posing as foreign nostrils on marriage sites. The Mumbai police successfully cracked 19 such cases and caught 23.