In a courier scam, scammers who pose as delivery service providers or police officers approach victims and claim to have seized packages having illicit goods. By providing false assurances of being exempt from charges, these con artists trick victims into sending large sums of money.
According to a complaint registered with the South CEN police station by senior citizen Debashish Das, 66, he received a call on November 10 from a person who identified himself as FedEx courier firm worker Kartikeya.
The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has further frozen around Rs.75 lakh of 14 different bank accounts across India in a crackdown against the multiple online Ponzi ( MLM Schemes).