Cyber frauds and digital arrest incidents are increasing. In order to earn easy money, some people are treading the road and cheating the innocent people. A 70-year-old woman living in Gurugram was digitally arrested by cyber crooks posing as fake police officers. They threatened to use her bank account and phone number for money laundering. In the name of checking her accounts, the accused charged Rs. 78,89,000 was transferred. Realizing that she was cheated when her money was not returned, the old woman filed a complaint at Cyber Police Station South on Saturday.
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Tamita Sethi of Sector 67 M3M Merlin Society complained to the cyber police that she received a call from an unknown number on November 22. It said that the caller introduced himself from Airtel. It was revealed that the accused said that her phone number was being used for illegal activities and an arrest warrant was issued against her.
Then, on November 25, she received another WhatsApp call. The caller introduced himself as a Mumbai police officer. He said he was being digitally arrested. He said that his phone number and bank accounts were being used for money laundering. The victim said she believed the person in the video call was real as she was seen in police uniform with a flag on the back.
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The fake police officer got information from the old woman about her account transactions. Later, on account of checking her accounts, Rs. 78,89,000 transferred online. He told her that the money will be returned after the investigation is completed. But the money was not returned. A complaint was lodged with the police and the cyber police station registered a case and started an investigation.