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A 70-year-old antheral successful Bengaluru was allegedly duped of ₹76.65 lakh by cyber fraudsters implicit a play of astir 3 weeks.
According to the East Division Cybercrime Police, R. Gokulchandran, a nonmigratory of C.V. Raman Nagar, successful his complaint, alleged that helium was “digitally arrested” by fraudsters who extorted ₹76.65 lakh from him implicit a play of astir 3 weeks
The complainant stated that helium archetypal received a telephone connected his landline from an chartless fig connected February 2. The caller claimed that a landline fig was registered successful his sanction and was allegedly being utilized for amerciable activities. The caller introduced himself arsenic Atul Kumar, claiming to beryllium an worker with ID fig 150989. He informed Gokulchandran that a ailment had been registered against him, citing a lawsuit fig MH 1045/1025.
The caller aboriginal took his mobile fig and contacted him via WhatsApp, claiming to beryllium Sub-Inspector Uday Madhukar Patil from the Mumbai Police. During a video call, the fraudster allegedly accused him of engagement successful wealth laundering, cause trafficking, and operating 4 amerciable slope accounts.
Despite his repeated denials, the accused allegedly pressured him to transportation wealth to “verify” whether his funds were legitimate. The fraudsters besides warned him not to stock immoderate details of the lawsuit with household members, claiming that doing truthful would interfere with the investigation.
Out of fear, connected February 6, Gokulchandran transferred ₹47 lakh done RTGS to a slope relationship provided by the accused. The fraudsters continued to telephone him daily, posing arsenic elder constabulary officials and demanding further payments. He made 3 transactions totalling ₹76,65,000 betwixt February 6 and 24.
It was lone aft helium approached a adjacent constabulary presumption that helium realised helium had been cheated. He past lodged a ceremonial ailment with the cybercrime police, seeking ineligible enactment against the accused and betterment of the defrauded amount.
A lawsuit has been registered based connected the complaint. Officials person reiterated that nary instrumentality enforcement bureau conducts investigations oregon demands wealth done WhatsApp calls and person urged citizens to verify specified claims earlier transferring funds.
Earlier this week, 60-year-old Vijayalakshmi from Cambridge Layout successful Halasuru was allegedly duped of ₹1.16 crore by cyber fraudsters who posed arsenic officials from telecom and instrumentality enforcement agencies and placed her nether a alleged “digital arrest.” In different lawsuit reported past week, 64-year-old Shridharan Iyengar from Whitefield was allegedly duped of ₹16.6 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed arsenic Mumbai Police officials and threatened him with a fabricated violent and wealth laundering case.
