A 70-year-old man living in Rohini, Delhi, had his life’s earnings snatched away by cyber thugs within a few minutes. The swindlers cheated him of more than Rs 10 crore by luring him with “digital arrest”. The swindlers told the old man that a parcel of banned medicines had arrived in his name from Taiwan. In front of the frightened old man, the thugs took the form of a police officer and got all his savings transferred to different accounts. The thugs cheated him of Rs 10 crore 30 lakh. Police has so far frozen Rs 60 lakh.
The thugs forced the victim to sit in front of the video camera for about eight hours and by threatening to implicate the family in the case, they transferred all the money from his accounts to their own accounts. A sudden call robbed a 70-year-old man of all his life’s savings, and then he realized that he had become a victim of fraud.
method of cheating
In this case, the elderly victim has studied from a prestigious college of the country and has worked at high positions in many companies. One day he suddenly got a phone call saying that a parcel had arrived in his name. As soon as he received the call, a person asked his name and other information. Then the thugs threatened him and said that due to the arrival of a parcel of banned drugs from Taiwan, an FIR would be lodged against him and he would be arrested.
Frightened by fear, the old man followed all the instructions of the thugs. The thugs told them that if they wanted to avoid being arrested, they should lock themselves in the room and keep the mobile or laptop camera on. The thugs assured him that as long as he remained in front of the cameras, he would be safe, otherwise the police would arrest him and his family could also be in danger.
fake police officer
The elders became more frightened by such threats. After some time, a fake police officer appeared on the screen who was calling himself a Mumbai Police officer. In the name of help, he asked for information about the old man’s accounts and frightened him so much that the old man transferred his savings to different accounts mentioned by the swindlers.
By the time the old man realized that he had become a victim of fraud, it was too late. After this he immediately reached the police. The police handed over the matter to the cyber team and the team immediately started taking action. At present Rs 60 lakh has been frozen and the remaining amount is being traced.