Navi Mumbai Cyber Fraud: 58-Year-Old Lady Doctor Duped Of ₹1.81 Crore In Digital Arrest Scam; Case Registered

Navi Mumbai: A 58-year-old lady doctor from NErul has been a recent victim of Digital arrest scam in which she lost her lifelong savings of Rs 1.81 crore in a period of 15 days. A resident of sector 28 in NErul, and a professor with a medical college, the doctor was scammed from a period of January 14 to Februrary 15 and a case was registered on February 17.

He complainant in the case received a call in the afternoon of January 14 wherein the caller introduced himself to be from Income Tax department and claimed that she had defaulted on Rs 8 lakh. The lady claimed to have not defaulted any payment to which the caller said that she was being connected with an officer in Delhi who was to investigate the case further.

“A caller who claimed to be senior official from Delhi put her on the fake ‘digital arrest’ and asked her the detail of her savings and fixed deposits and then told her that till the investigation is over, she will have to transfer the amount to them and the same would be returned to her after the investigations are over,” a police officer from NAvi Mumbai Cyber police station said.

After she exhausted all her savings, she spoke to a relative who then informed her about the scam. Realising the same, she then approached the police and registered a case under section 318 (4) 319 (2)- cheating , 204 – personating a public servant ,336(3)- forgery and 3(5) – common intention crime of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita along with relevant section of Information Technology Act. The police are further investigating the case and trying to recover the lost money.