On June 10, the woman received a call on her landline number. The caller told the woman that her Aadhaar card and bank account had been used for illegal arms smuggling, blackmailing, and gambling. The unknown person introduced himself as an employee of an investigation agency. This is how it started.
Digital arrest of 72-year-old Noida woman
Cyber ​​criminals digitally arrested a woman lawyer in Noida. They told the woman that since the case is serious, she may have to go to jail. Further, adding, it was reported that a case has been registered against the woman in this matter on 25 April. Later, the fraudsters gave a person’s mobile number and said that he would give them NOC regarding the case. After this, the fraudsters made a video call on WhatsApp. A person was seen in a police uniform in the background.
The background looked like a real police station. During the interrogation, information was collected about the woman’s bank accounts and the amount deposited in them.Â
The elderly woman was digitally “arrested” and interrogated over WhatsApp calls from June 10 to June 24, under the guise of an investigation.
Cyber Fraud Alert: Woman loses Rs 3.30 Crore
The fraud convinced her to transfer Rs 3.30 crore to their account, and they tricked the woman into breaking her fixed deposit, promising to return the money after “investigation”. The woman transferred the amount in five installments, only to realise she had been scammed.
The woman, out of fear, broke her fixed deposit and transferred the money to various accounts held by cyber fraudsters through RTGS. The amount was transferred to locations including Vipul Nagar (Rajasthan), Bhiwani (Haryana), Punjabi Bagh (Delhi), Kolkata, and Udupi.
The criminals threatened to send her to jail by misusing her Aadhar card for illegal smuggling of weapons. The criminals made the woman transfer Rs 3 crore 29 lakh 70 thousand to different accounts in five installments.Â
Case filed after realising scam
The woman was pressured to transfer more money, and then she suspected fraud. On the advice of her son, the woman complained about the matter to the police at the cybercrime police station.
The elderly woman filed a complaint on the NCRP portal after realising she was scammed. Noida Cyber Crime Police also registered an FIR and are investigating the suspect’s mobile numbers and accounts.
The police registered a case against three alleged fraudsters and started investigating the matter. In a complaint to the police, a 72-year-old woman living in D Block of Sector-47 said that she was a lawyer in the High Court, and this is what happened to her.
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