It is becoming difficult to brake on cybercrime. Many people are being hunted by digital arrest. An 86 -year -old woman living in South Mumbai lost more than Rs 20 crore in two months during a ‘digital arrest’ fraud. Police said that one of the fraudsters had described himself as an ‘CBI officer’ to make money from the woman.
According to the police, three people have been arrested in connection with this crime given between 26 December 2024 to March 3 this year. An official said that the accused forced the victim to stay at home for two months and called every three hours and knew her location every day.
He said that the cyber police identified those bank accounts and prohibited the withdrawal of Rs 77 lakh from the woman, in which funds were transferred. According to the police complaint lodged by the woman earlier this month, she received a call from a person who claimed to be his own CBI officer and told her that a bank account has been opened through her ‘Aadhaar’ card and is being used for funds.
The official said that after this the person told the woman that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the case and he should stay in his room. He also threatened her to ‘digital arrest’. He also threatened to arrest the woman’s family members.
He said that a domestic assistant working at the woman’s house informed her daughter about her behavior. The woman used to get out of her room only to eat food. The police have arrested three people in the case.
452 crores defrauded
Cyber ​​fraud has become the largest organized crime in the world, not only the country. However, the government has started clamping down on scammers. But despite this, its cyber fraud makes people their prey in a new way every day. Cyber ​​thugs have defrauded about 452 crores to about Delhi in the last 6 months. According to a report, last year cyber thugs had defrauded the people of Delhi in 6 months. But this time the increase in the amount of cheating made from the accounts of the people has been seen. According to the report of Delhi Police, by June this year, cyber thugs have defrauded people Rs 452 crore.
When and where was cyber fraud in Delhi
19 November 2024: Delhi Police arrested the international thug for cheating Rs 100 crore. The Chinese citizen was arrested by the Delhi Police in this case. According to the information, the accused used to cheat in the name of online stock trading through WhatsApp app group.
24 July 2024 In this case, a complaint was filed by a person named Suresh Kolichil Achutan of Shahdara.
19 November 2024: On Delhi social media, the woman along with her colleagues had allegedly cheated a person in the name of ‘online’ investment.
15 November 2024: In Rohini area of ​​Delhi, a retired engineer was cheated more than Rs 10 crore in his house through ‘digital arrest’ for eight hours.
August 4, 2024: Delhi Police arrested 5 people for cheating Rs 31.55 lakh from a person. The wires of the arrested accused were allegedly associated with China.
June 2024: In the month of June, a drama of digital arrest ran in CR Park in Delhi for 12 hours and an elderly woman lost Rs 83 lakh. Digital arrest cases are increasing rapidly in big cities of the country. This is a cyber fraud, in which criminals are cheating crores of rupees by showing fear of arrest by becoming officers of agencies.
24 May 2024: Delhi Police arrested two people for cheating Rs 23.30 lakh from a person on the pretext of investment in the stock market.
16 May 2024: Cyber ​​thugs are also spending millions of people in the name of getting high returns in the name of investment these days. A similar case was also revealed from Delhi. The accused had cheated up to Rs 23 lakh by luring a big return from a woman from Delhi. Cyber ​​thugs first invested 1000 rupees and doubled the money to take the woman in a few hours. After this, the thugs gradually kept increasing the investment amount from the woman and after withdrawing lakhs of rupees from the account of such a woman, the accused had sealed her account.
How do people make people their victims?
Cyber ​​crime is a crime in which you are a victim of cheating through any means of digital device. This includes online fraud, theft, espionage, viruses and other crimes. People are also falling prey to cheating through internet banking, cheating on social media, excreta. People are being made aware by the government about cyber fraud.
Digital arrest … new way of cybercrime
First of all, let’s talk about digital arrest. This is the new way of cybercrime. Cyber ​​fraud plays blackmailing to trap people and people get caught in its trap. In digital arrest, cyber fraud dominates you through video calls and takes you hostage at home. First of all, the thug makes you a video call as a police officer. Then it is said that your Aadhaar card, SIM card, bank account have been used for some illegal work. From here, the ‘game’ of intimidating you starts.
Just be careful with dating app!
Dating apps … There are many gangs active on dating apps in Delhi, who are cheating people together, cheating people. The girls first implicate in sweet talk, then calls in restaurant and holds the restaurant in hand, millions of bills… Yes, a scam has come out through dating app, which is not possible to do a sure. The information of this gang went to the Delhi Police when on June 24, the complainant reached the Shakarpur police station in Delhi and told that he had a friendship with a 24 -year -old girl Varsha on the dating app, who called him to a restaurant in Laxmi Nagar where he was held hostage and recovered a bill of 1.5 lakh.
Police are adopting a new strategy to escape
Now cyber thugs are adopting a new strategy to avoid police and action. Frauds cyber thugs are using digital wallets for their money. Due to this, it is a challenge for police and investigative agencies to find out the source of money and the primary source is not detected in the investigation. Also, these fraudsters take out the fraudulent amount through the ATM. In such a situation, it becomes difficult for the police to find the source.
61,525 cyber complaints have been filed in Delhi till June. The National Cyber ​​Complaint Portal lodged 55,267 complaints that include digital arrest, investment fraud, cryptocurrency scam, hacking, data theft and many other activities.
Get a complaint here …
The investigating agency or police does not threaten you by calling. The investigating agency or police take action under the legal process. If you also get such calls for intimidation, then you should immediately inform the local police, or make a complaint on the 1930 National Cybercrime Helpline and file a complaint. Also, you can also file a complaint on social media site X through @cyberdost.
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