In Indore, a 71 year old man faced fraud of Rs 40 lakh 70 thousand by cyber criminals. The accused threatened him by sending him fake arrest warrants and Supreme Court orders. The old man accepted his words and transferred money from different accounts. The crime branch has registered a case of fraud in the matter.
A 71-year-old man working in a private company became a victim of cyber crime. Cyber criminals threatened them by sending arrest warrants and fake orders of the Supreme Court. Accused of fake transaction and got Rs 40 lakh 70 thousand transferred to different accounts. The crime branch has registered a case of fraud against the accused.
Suspicious transaction in old man’s account
According to Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotia, the incident happened with an old man living in Shivdham Colony Khandwa Road. He works in a wire company. On October 3, a cyber criminal made a call through WhatsApp in the name of Bandra (Mumbai) Police. Threatening the old man, he said that a suspicious transaction of Rs 2 crore 60 lakh has taken place in the account opened in Canara Bank, Mumbai. In this you have got 15 percent commission of the amount.
Intimidated in the name of FIR
The old man did not have an account in any bank in Mumbai. The thug scared them and said that an FIR has been registered against them. Immediately fake orders of CBI, ED and Supreme Court were sent on WhatsApp. The accused said that a CBI team is about to arrive to arrest them. Police have arrested the manager of Canara Bank in this case and have found fake bank passbook from his house.
The old man got scared after hearing about the arrest
According to ADCP, the old man got scared due to the arrest. The accused said that arrest could be avoided by appealing to a senior officer. Senior CBI officer Akash Kulkarni can investigate and exonerate him. The accused transferred the call to the alleged CBI officer.
He inquired for a long time. Took all the information about bank accounts and mobile numbers. The accused said that the commission money will have to be verified by RBI. For this, the entire amount of your accounts will have to be deposited in the RBI accounts.
I switched off my mobile as soon as the money arrived.
The old man agreed with the words of the accused and transferred Rs 27 lakh 96 thousand in cash. Four lakh 46 thousand 581 rupees were broken and deposited. Even after this the thugs continued interrogating and threatening. The old man broke the FD from another bank and transferred Rs 9 lakh 70 thousand. After taking a total of Rs 40 lakh 70 thousand, the accused said that the amount would be returned after verification.
When the old man called when the money did not arrive for a long time, the mobile phones of the accused were found switched off. The victim narrated the incident to his relatives and lodged a complaint on NCRP portal 1930. The crime branch took the statement and registered the case on Tuesday.
Three crore rupees were defrauded from 35 people including scientists and doctors
Cyber criminals have targeted 35 people so far. This includes RR CAT scientists, doctors, engineers and retired bank officers. According to ADCP of Crime Branch, cyber criminals have defrauded about Rs 3 crore. However, after the complaint, the crime branch has returned an amount of more than Rs 70 lakh.
