A case of ‘digital arrest’ of a 73 year old man and embezzlement of more than Rs 25 lakh has come to light in Ranip area of Ahmedabad. The victim has been identified as Manu Patel, who has filed a complaint in the Cyber Crime Branch. Scammers have carried out this fraud by posing as Mumbai Cyber Crime and Customs officers. Many such cases have come to light in the past too, when fraudsters have defrauded people by posing as fake officials.
Said about drugs being caught in courier
In his complaint, the victim has said that on December 20, a stranger woman called him. This woman, who introduced herself as a government official, said that the parcel sent by Patel to China has been seized by Mumbai Customs. Illegal drugs were seized along with a passport, an ATM card and a laptop. The woman further threatened Patel by saying that her Aadhaar card was linked with this parcel and a case had been registered against her in the Mumbai Cyber Crime Department.
Talk to fake officials
To scare Patel, the woman got Patel to talk to other fraudsters, who were posing as senior officers of Mumbai cyber crime. He alleged that Patel is involved in drug smuggling and money laundering. For this reason he can be arrested immediately and can be sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment.
Fraudsters defrauded Rs 25.62 lakh
The scammers told Patel that the money deposited in his account would have to be sent to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for forensic verification. Believing this, Patel transferred Rs 25.62 lakh from his account to different accounts of the fraudsters. When Patel did not get his money back, he came to know about the fraud. After this he lodged a complaint regarding this matter with the police.
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