On the morning of August 1, 2023, a 36-year-old software employee lost all her savings along with the recurring deposit (RD) to a parcel scam.
Yashaswi lost a whopping ₹8,74,998 when someone claiming they are from FedEx, called to inform her parcel outbound from Mumbai to reach Taiwan was stuck in the Customs Department as it contained objectionable and illegal material. The scamsters said that she was a victim of ‘identity theft’ and asked her to send money to the Reserve Bank of India for “verification and issue clearance certificate”.