According to authorities on Monday, a 39-year-old software engineer lost Rs 11.8 crore in a “digital arrest” scam after scammers posing as police officers indicated that his Aadhaar card was being used fraudulently to register bank accounts for money laundering.
They said that the scam took place between November 25 and December 12.
According to police, the victim claimed in his complaint that he was called on November 11 by someone posing as a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) officer. According to the accused officer, unlawful ads and harassing texts were sent using his SIM card, which was connected to the Aadhaar card.
The scammer further claimed that a case had been filed at Mumbai’s Colaba Cyber Police Station in relation to this.
According to the FIR, he later received a call from someone posing as a police official who said that his Aadhaar information was being used fraudulently to create bank accounts for money laundering.
A fraudster threatened a man to keep the case confidential and threatened physical arrest if he didn’t cooperate with a virtual investigation. He received a call asking him to download the Skype app, and a man dressed in Mumbai police uniform video-called him, claiming a businessman had opened a bank account using his Aadhaar for transactions worth Rs 6 crore.
Another man in police uniform called him over Skype, claiming his case was being heard in the top court and threatened to arrest his family if he didn’t comply. The fraudsters used fake RBI guidelines to ask him to transfer funds for verification purposes.
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