A 72 -year -old lawyer became a victim of a very large cyber fraud in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida in Uttar Pradesh. Cyber thugs kept them in ‘digital arrest’ for several days and looted Rs 3.29 crore from them. The police has given this information on Wednesday.
‘Gambling from your account and …’
According to a cyber crime police station official, the victim Hemantika Wahi alleged in her complaint on Tuesday that she had received a call on June 10, in which the caller said that four bank accounts have been opened using her Aadhaar card. A case has been registered in this regard. The caller told them that the money received in these accounts has been used for gambling, blackmailing, illegal purchase of weapons etc. Further, he also gave him a phone number.
Call started coming from ‘police station’
The lawyer alleged that when he approached that number, he was told that he was involved in a serious crime. The official said that according to the woman, after this, she started calling from a fake police station and they were sought details of the amount deposited in the banks and for several days, they were kept in a ‘digital arrest’ and cheated them for Rs 3.29 crore.
Fraud of 49.5 lakhs from 75 -year -old elderly
Significantly, the cases of digital arrest and online fraud are increasing so fast that the cheating of crores is coming out on the day. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Preeti Yadav said that apart from this case, in another case in Noida, cyber criminals cheated a 75 -year -old man for 12 days and cheated Rs 49.5 lakh from him.
He said that Rajiv Kumar, a resident of Sector 29, lodged a report at the police station on Tuesday night that on June 18, a call came on his landline. The caller said that four bank accounts have been opened using his phone number and Aadhaar card, which are being used for drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorist activities and their phone number will be closed in two hours.
Yadav said that according to him, when the elderly person requested the fraudsters to get out of the case, the accused talked about a confidential agreement and said that they should not share any information with anyone, keep their wife with them and do not tell their children about it. The victim told the police that he was kept in a ‘digital arrest’ from June 18 to June 30 and during this time, the accused deposited Rs 49.50 lakh in their various accounts in three installments.