Fraudsters trap innocent people and extort lakhs of rupees. The latest case is from Noida adjacent to Delhi, where cyber thugs trapped a woman and extorted around Rs 10 lakh.
The thugs first made a digital arrest by threatening to find drugs and banned goods in a parcel that came in her name and then stole the money from her account. The woman has lodged a complaint about the fraud that happened to her in the cyber crime police station of Noida.
According to the information, on August 7, 36-year-old Ranjana, living in Sector-62, received a call from mobile number 9198857337. In which it was said that they were talking to DHL courier and they were told about some illegal parcel to Ranjana which was linked to her Aadhar card.
Fraudsters arrested the woman digitally
After this he transferred Ranjana’s call to Mumbai Crime Branch number 226504008. The fraudsters, claiming to be from the Crime Branch, connected the victim on video call through Skype call and gathered all the information by threatening her.
9 lakh rupees spent in two times
The next day on August 8, at around 10 am, cyber thugs asked him to transfer the account number 43199622833 from his bank account to ZWIGATO (RR ENTERPRISES) in the name of saving him. Due to pressure and fear, Ranjana extorted Rs 5 lakh and later Rs 4 lakh 70 thousand. The accused later transferred a total of Rs 9 lakh 70 thousand from the victim. Even after transferring the money, the fraudsters kept Ranjana on call through Skype and tried to contact her through WhatsApp on August 9, 2024 from mobile number 7894750944. Then when the victim realized that she had been cheated, Ranjana went to Cyber Police Station Sector 36 and lodged a complaint with the police.
At the same time, Cyber Station Police has registered a case on the basis of the complaint of the victim and has also formed a team for investigation.
Input- Bhupendra Chaudhary