Mumbai: A 70-year-old retired government official lost Rs21.55 lakh to scammers, who posed as policemen and kept him under digital arrest from August 9 to 28 – 19 days at a stretch. What's more concerning is that the elderly was left so shocked that he took a month to share his ordeal with a relative.
According to the police, the Nagpur resident received a random video call on August 9 and saw a person in a police uniform. The fake cop identified himself as an officer from the Colaba police station. He told the elderly that his name has cropped up in a terror funding case wherein money had been transferred from his bank account.
The scammer then shared a bogus arrest warrant and documents bearing the names of the central law agencies and the Ministry of Finance. To make the con look genuine, the name of a terrorist outfit was also mentioned. The frauds then started fleecing the terrified man, falsifying that money will be credited back following a verification by the Reserve Bank of India.
From August 9 to 28, the man sent Rs 21.55 lakh and when expressed inability to pay more, the fake cops gave him a 'clean chit'. They falsely promised to return the money once the ‘probe’ got over.
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