SIR fraud alert! Lessons from Bengaluru man's ₹3.49 lakh mistake — How fake ECI officials may scam you; how to be safe
49 lakh in the name of verifying the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) form. The SIR, or the revision of the electoral roll/voter list, is currently underway in several states, including Karnataka.Fraudsters who posed as Election Commission of India (ECI) officials tricked R Parthasarathy (82) into downloading a fake verification form under SIR.Here's what happened exactly:R Parthasarathy, a resident of Rustum Bagh in east Bengaluru, reportedly received a phone call from a person who claimed to be an ECI official.The caller told him that his SIR form verification was incomplete and needed to be completed immediately to avoid any issue with his voter registration, the Deccan Herald reported.The fraudster allegedly asked him to pay a processing fee of
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