cyber fraud
Cyber criminals make people victims of fraud in new ways. Recently, a similar case of digital arrest has come to light. In this, the cyber criminal stole Rs 64 lakh from the victim’s account. It is important to keep a few things in mind that you may not get cheated on the occasion of Diwali, so that you do not fall into the clutches of cyber criminals.
According to the report, this case of cyber fraud is of Vivek Sonar, resident of Makarpura in Vadodara city of Gujarat. Cyber criminals arrested Vivek digitally and very cleverly defrauded Rs 64 lakh from his account. Cyber thugs have digitally arrested Vivek, cheated him and also tortured him mentally.
On October 15, Vivek lodged a complaint of cyber fraud at Vadodara Cyber Crime Police Station. Police registered a case under sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 54, 61(2) and IT Act 66(d) of the Indian Code of Justice (BNS) and are investigating the case. According to the report, 67-year-old Vivek told that cyber criminals defrauded him between May 23 and June 9 and got Rs 64,41,500 transferred to his account through RTGS.
How did the fraud happen?
Actually, cyber thugs called Vivek and threatened to implicate him in money laundering. A person with unknown identity threatened Vivek by making a video call in the name of Mumbai Cyber Crime Investigation Officer Vishal Thakur. In the name of investigation, Aadhaar card was asked from the elderly person through WhatsApp. After asking for the Aadhar card, the old man was told that bank accounts have been opened in his name in different states like Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Punjab. Vivek told that he has not gone to any of these states nor has he opened an account.
The cyber criminals then sent a letter with fake letterpad and signature of CBI through WhatsApp. Apart from his bank details, information about mutual funds, fixed deposits etc. was sought from the elderly for investigation. During this time, the cyber criminal had asked the elderly man not to disconnect the call and not to leave the house. After this the elderly person was asked to make RTGS of different amounts. From May 27 to the next few days, the elderly were instructed to transfer the money and were told that after the investigation, all this money would be transferred back to their account.
On June 9, when Vivek refused to transfer more money and asked for the account of the money sent so far, the cyber criminal demanded more money from him. After this the old man got wind of the cyber fraud and went to the police and complained. However, this is not the first case when cyber criminals have trapped an elderly person in digital arrest.
Know how to avoid?
- Ignore calls and messages coming from any unknown number.
- No officer makes direct calls to anyone. There is a complete process for this.
- In such a situation, if someone calls posing as an officer of any department, then immediately report his number on Sanchar Saathi’s Chakshu portal.
- Do not share information about your Aadhar card, PAN card or bank details etc. with anyone through phone calls and messages.
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