Mira Bhayandar: Five Months On, Woman Recovers ₹15.20 Lakh Lost To Cyber Fraud

Mira Bhayandar: Five months after she fell prey to the evil designs of cyber crooks and lost around Rs 40 lakh to a fake stock investment scam, the woman got back a part of the siphoned money amounting Rs.15.20 lakh on Wednesday.

Notably, the crooks impersonated stock market experts and conducted online tutorials and giving trading tips on the platform of a social networking site before enticing her to invest in multiple companies and earn high profits.

About The Case

The action followed after the cyber cell attached to the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) received her complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP)-an online platform for reporting cybercrimes. A teal led by police inspector (cyber cell)-Sujitkumar Gunjkar started investigations and reverted Rs 15.20 lakh by establishing contact with the gateways of the digital platforms that provided payment solutions and continuous follow-ups with the concerned banks.

The reversal transactions to the respective bank accounts of the victims was conducted following orders from the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Thane. “Process to freeze and retrieve the remaining amount was in the pipeline and efforts are under way to try and conduct the reversal transactions at the earliest.” said police sub-inspector-Prasad Shenolkar. 

Stressing upon the need to be careful while dealing with unknown callers/senders and to lodge complaint as soon as possible (Golden Hour), Gunjkar said that people can contact the local police stations or directly approach or call the cybercrime cell on 1930 with an additional option of reporting online frauds through email at www.cybercrime.gov.in or registering complaints on the NCRP.