73-year-old loses ₹1.2 crore in cyber arrest scam; FIR filed by Ernakulam Rural cyber police.
A 73-year-old retired government employee reportedly lost ₹ 1.2 crore in yet another instance of ‘cyber arrest’. The Ernakulam Rural cyber police registered a case on a complaint by the victim, a native of Vengola.
According to the first information report (FIR), the accused, pretending to be officers from the Greater Mumbai Police, contacted the man via WhatsApp. He was made to transfer the amount in three transactions into two accounts after being ‘convinced’ that he was under virtual arrest.
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