Digital Arrest – By saying ‘You are involved in fraud…’, a Mumbai woman was defrauded of Rs 1.25 crore – Elderly woman loses Rs 1 crore to cyber fraudsters in digital arrest case ttecr
With the beginning of the new year, a new case of digital arrest has come to light, where a woman was very cleverly intimidated and defrauded of Rs 1.25 crore. The woman is a resident of Mumbai and a cyber thug called her posing as a policeman. After this he was told that he was involved in cyber fraud and he would be arrested.
According to the information, Mumbai Police said on Tuesday that a 68-year-old woman was defrauded of Rs 1.25 crore. The woman lives with her husband. During this the woman was digitally arrested.
Woman received call from unknown number
According to the woman’s complaint, the victim received a call from an unknown number. The caller was also a woman and she introduced herself as an executive of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
Call transferred to fake police
After this, the accused started threatening the victim woman that she had not cleared her credit card payment. After this the woman was told that Hyderabad Police has registered a case against her. After this the woman’s call was transferred, after which another person picked up the call and introduced himself as a police officer.
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Said to be involved in a scam of Rs 500 crore
After this, the fake police officer told the victim woman that a financial fraud of Rs 500 crore has taken place using her credit card and Rs 20 lakh has been transferred to her bank account.
After this, the fake policeman told the woman that her call is being transferred to CBI, in which the woman was asked to come on video call.
After this, a video call was made to the woman and after this the woman was asked for necessary details and bank details for investigation. After this they threatened to arrest him. Also asked to keep this matter secret.
This is how 1.25 crore rupees were cheated, so many lakhs were defrauded
After this the cyber scammers told the woman that if she gave money then she could be saved from this matter. After this, the victim was given a bank account and asked to deposit money in it. After this, the female victim deposited Rs 1.25 crore in the bank account shared by cyber scammers.
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After this, when the woman read the news of digital arrest, she came to know that she herself had become a victim of cyber fraud. After this the woman immediately informed the police and lodged a complaint.
