In Surat, Gujarat, scammers cheated Rs 1 crore through a digital arrest from a 90 -year -old. The elderly lost their life -long earnings in this fraud. According to the report, the incident has come to light in Surat, Gujarat. The victims are a trader who invests money in the stock market. According to Deputy Commissioner Bhavesh Rojia, the victim receives a call on WhatsApp. The person in front calls himself a CBI officer and says that a parcel was being sent from Mumbai to China in the name of the victim. Drug was being supplied in the parcel.
For 15 days, the elderly were digitally arrested through this fake call. According to police, five accused have been arrested who met with a team in China. The main accused Partha Gopani has been described as said that he may be hidden in Cambodia. The police is now investigating about it.
According to the report, the victim was shown fear that he and his family would be arrested. Due to this fear, the victim got Rs 1 crore 15 lakh transferred to the account according to the scammers. When other family members came to know about the incident, they gave information about it in the cyber cell of Surat. 46 debit cards of different banks, one vehicle, rubber stamps of 4 different companies, 9 mobile phones and 28 SIM cards were recovered from the five accused arrested.
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