Vinod M Jain
Posing as enforcement officials,cyber fraudsters allegedly misused the Aadhaar credentials of an elderly man,threatened him with digital arrest,and took away Rs.17.9 lakh from his savings account on Friday.
After discussing this with friends and relatives,the victim, Vishwanathan Varadarajan,from cox town approached the police and filed a complaint .
In his complaint,the victim,said that he had received a call identified as Vishal Rohit,claiming to be offficial with the enforcement agency .
His associates claiming to be Sub-Inspector of Colaba police station,Mumbai informing that his credential has been used in money laundering linked to PFI.
I was also contacted by few other people claiming to be officers.
The callers threatened him that he is under digital arrest for many hours showing the FIR copy on video call and shared documents documents claiming his involvement .
“The calls continued and I was threatened to transfer all my money from my bank account till the investigation is over.I was told that all the money will be kept with them till the investigation is over and will be returned after the NOC is issued”,the complainant,said .
Scared and trusted their words,the victim transferred the money through RTGS to the account total worth Rs.17,95,449.
The fraud came to light when the victims switched off the phone and no response despite repeated calls .
