The digital arrest scammers, posing as CBI officers, allegedly duped an 81-year-old man of Santacruz in Mumbai of Rs 10 lakh, police said.
According to the police, on December 9, the ‘investigating officer’ made a video call to the old man who returned to India from Hong Kong only a few weeks ago and threatened to transfer the money to the given account to avoid arrest. Human Trafficking Issue.
The police said that the complainant is a retired man and lives in Hong Kong with his son. Due to extremely cold weather abroad, he returned to Mumbai and since then he has been living alone in his Santacruz home.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the ‘CBI officer’ said the victim was under ‘house arrest’ due to his involvement in human trafficking and money laundering cases. The trick also ensured that the person did not leave their home or call anyone for help. On the pretext of investigation, they managed to transfer Rs 10 lakh to his bank account using RTGS, police said.
After transferring the amount, the old man called the number of ‘CBI officer’, but the phone was switched off, the person told the police. Only then did he realize that he had been cheated.
The Santacruz police on Wednesday registered a cyber fraud case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology Act and are trying to trace the accused, a police official said.
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