'Hong Kong Account' With ₹64 Crore: Fake CBI Officer Dupes Ghatkopar Senior Citizen Of ₹7.7 Lakh
Mumbai: A 69-year-old Ghatkopar resident was allegedly duped of Rs7.72 lakh by cybercriminals who posed as officials of the Delhi Crime Branch and the CBI and falsely claimed that a Hong Kong bank account opened in his name had received Rs64 crore. The fraudsters allegedly told Lalbabu Jugal Singh that a man named Adilshah had been arrested and had opened a bank account in Hong Kong using Singh’s…
A 69-year-old resident of Ghatkopar was allegedly defrauded of Rs7.72 lakh by cybercriminals who impersonated officials from the Delhi Crime Branch and the CBI. The fraudsters told the victim, Lalbabu Jugal Singh, that a Hong Kong bank account opened in his name had received Rs64 crore, with Rs2.50 crore being their commission. The scammers threatened him with arrest and conducted a 'digital arrest' by claiming that Singh had received money from his family members' accounts.
They asked Singh to transfer his fixed deposit funds to an account for verification, which he did, losing Rs7.7 lakh. Pantnagar police registered an FIR against unidentified callers and bank account holders under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and IT Act.
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