Mumbai, May 4: A 73-year-old Nagpur resident recently fell prey to scammers in a digital arrest fraud and lost over `1.24 crore. The fraud came to light when the victim’s son, visiting from Pune, noticed his father’s unusual behaviour and checked his phone to find conversations with scammers posing as police officials.
Victim threatened with fake charges
The ordeal began on April 9 when the elderly man received a call from a person claiming to be from the Mumbai police. The caller alleged that a SIM card procured using the victim’s Aadhaar details was linked to criminal activities, citing over 20 complaints at Colaba police station. To escalate the fear, scammers shared bogus documents purportedly from the Supreme Court, Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Reserve Bank of India (RBI). They claimed a bank account in his name was used for terrorist activities
Placed under digital arrest, the victim was coerced into sharing details of his property, bank accounts, jewellery, and fixed deposits over WhatsApp. Scammers induced him to transfer ₹1.24 crore across four online transactions into 'government bank accounts’ for verification, promising a swift refund
The victim’s son arrived on April 22 and discovered the digital arrest incident. He informed his father and reported the matter to the cybercrime portal.
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A case has been registered by the police under sections 61 (criminal conspiracy), 318 (cheating), 319 (cheating by personation), 336 (forgery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D (cheating by personation by using computer resource) of the Information Technology Act in the matter.
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