Even after alert by authorities, the cyber fraud cases in city are seen at a rise. In a recent case, an 80 year-old retired man in Kharghar got duped of crores by a gang of cyber fraudsters posing as cops. The victim was deceived into transferring ₹4.3 crores between November and January 9 to a bank account, under the false pretense that it was an RBI-provided account for money laundering victims. He was told this transfer was for verification, and the funds would be returned after Supreme Court clearance.
Victim was an director of an engineering institute, fraudster posed as Nashik cops, one of them impersonating as Addnl DGP (Anti--Corruption Bureau). FIR report stated that, on Nov 18 last year, the complainant received a call from one Mohan Kumar Sharma claiming that he was from cyber data protection of India. A criminal case has been registered against him at the Nashik police station.
The victim was contacted via WhatsApp voice and video calls by fake police officers. After the victim transferred Rs 4.3 crore, the fraudsters repeatedly contacted him, requesting further transfers to a fake RBI bank account. TOI reported that On December 9, he received a letter from his bank stating that his account had been frozen. He contacted a bank official and discovered his account was frozen by the Nagpur cyber crime branch due to suspicion.
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Victim then contacted PSI Owandkar of Nagpur police and reported being coerced into transferring money under threat of legal action. PSI Owandkar informed him that he was a victim of cyber fraud and advised him to file a police complaint.