JAIPUR: Months after an 82-year-old Rajasthan woman was duped of Rs 80 lakh by scammers posing as officials from the Mumbai Cyber Crime branch, the main accused has been arrested, said officials on Wednesday.
In the shocking case of cyber fraud, the octogenarian from Ajmer was manipulated for over eight days, threatened with ‘digital arrest’ and coerced into transferring the money.
According to SP Cyber Crime, Shantanu Kumar Singh, the incident was reported between November 23 and November 30, 2024. The scammers contacted the victim via WhatsApp video calls, falsely claiming to be officials from Mumbai Cyber Crime.
Exploiting fear and confusion, they convinced her that she was involved in legal trouble and must transfer money to avoid arrest.
Following the registration of the case in Ajmer, it was transferred to the Rajasthan Cyber Crime Police Station in Jaipur, which launched a detailed investigation. Cyber police analysed the transaction trail and discovered that the entire defrauded sum had initially been transferred to a single bank account.