Thane: 28-Year-Old Cybersecurity Engineer Duped Of ₹1.89 Lakh In Digital Arrest Scam

Mumbai: A 28-year-old man who works as a cyber security engineer in a private company has fallen prey to scammers and lost Rs 1.89 lakh in digital arrest fraud.

On November 24, the complainant, a resident of Thane, received a phone call from an unknown person who claimed to be from the Bombay High Court. The caller told the complainant that someone had opened a fake bank account on the complainant’s name in BKC and the said account was being used for money laundering purposes.

The complainant was told that an arrest warrant had been issued against him already. After suggesting an online complaint to be filed, the complainant then received a video call from an unknown number and the caller claimed to be a policeman probing the ‘money laundering’ case.

The caller then induced the complainant to transfer Rs 1.89 lakh to a bank account provided by them. They later told him that they would issue him a police clearance certificate since he is not found involved in any criminal activity, but they kept asking for more money to give the certificate. The complainant then sensed something foul and realised that he had been duped and subsequently approached the police.