Sunil Lohan
A 75-year-old man has lodged a complaint with the central division cyber crime police after being allegedly cheated of Rs.63.30 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the Data Protection Board and Mumbai Police.
According to the complaint,the victim initially received a phone call from mobile number claiming that action was being initiated against him through the Data Protection Board.
The caller alleged that 20 cases linked to him registered in the complainant’s name and warned him to cooperate with an ongoing inquiry.
Subsequently,a person identifying himself as“Sandeep” contacted the complainant via WhatsApp from mobile numbers .
The caller allegedly made a video call,claimed to be a Mumbai Police officer,and threatened the complainant with legal consequences.
Later,another individual,introducing himself as“George Mathew ,”contacted the victim from mobile number assured the complainant that if he transferred money to certain bank accounts for the purpose of “verification” and “investigation,”the entire amount would be refunded after the inquiry was completed.
Believing the claims to be genuine,the complainant transferred a total of Rs.63,30,000 between February 7 and February 16,2026,from his South Indian Bank account and his wife’s two Bank of Baroda accounts to accounts provided by the accused.
The funds were transferred to accounts in three private bank accounts .
After the transactions were completed,the accused allegedly became unreachable,prompting the victim to realise he had been cheated.
A case has been registered,and police are investigating the matter to trace the accused and recover the defrauded amount.
