31 duped of Rs2.4 lakh in insurance fraud

Our Correspondent

Gurugram, October 23

Thirty-one persons were duped of Rs 2.4 lakh through a fake website of Iffco Tokio general insurance in the name of new policies and renewal of old ones.

An FIR has been registered at the cybercrime police station after a complaint by insurance company official Arun Pandey.

According to the complaint, some unidentified persons impersonating as representatives of the firm had been misguiding people to take fictitious insurance policies and misappropriating the premium received by diverting the deposits into bank accounts not belonging to the company.

The imposters had used fake email id, forged letterhead and logo of the company to project authenticity. After receiving the money, they stopped responding to the calls of customers.

“The imposters contacted the existing customers for renewal of their policy at discounted rates. They also induced many others into buying new insurance policies at discounted rates. They also shared fabricated quotations with the company logo and other details and after receiving money ignored their calls and messages,” the complaint said.

An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons under sections 405, 415, 416, 420, 463, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC in addition to Section 43 and 66 of the Information Technology Act. Police spokesman Subhas Bokan said the investigation was on and the accused would be arrested soon.