07 October,2016 03:38 PM IST | | A Correspondent
California resident and chartered accountant Tejas Vakil (44) has approached the Thane police, saying he is among those who were cheated by the Mira Road call centre
Tejas Vakil is one of the thousands who were cheated by the fake IRS officers
California resident and chartered accountant Tejas Vakil (44) has approached the Thane police, saying he is among those who were cheated by the Mira Road call centre.
He had filed a complaint against the conmen with the Tustin police station in California three months ago.
The Vakils have been based in the US since 2000.
Speaking to mid-day, Tejas said that after reading the mid-day report, he realised that it was same scam he had been cheated in for.
"I had got the call three months ago. My dad Vinod (74) received it. An IRS officer started threatening him, but because he couldn't understand English, a Gujarati caller came on the line and started speaking. We were told that we had defaulted on tax and if we didn't pay up, we all would be arrested," added Tejas.
He added that they had a seamless network, because the minute he agreed to pay, a yellow cab pulled up in front of his house and he was told to get in.
"The caller then told me buy an iTunes card, which cost me around $2,000. After that, I had to give the card number. The same cab then dropped us back home and even charged us $50 as fare. We were cheated of $2,050," said Tejas.
He then approached the local police station and registered a complaint, but it didn't end there.
The next day the caller demanded more money. "But we stopped responding. They then started abusing over the phone; this continued for more than a month."
