Narnesh Malhotra, 78 -year -old retired in Delhi, lost all his life savings £23 Crore for cyber criminals before he finally refused to meet their requirements and warned that he would go to the police. He was held under “digital arrest”. The suffering began on August 4, when he got a call from a man who claimed to be a police officer in Mumbai. It continued until September 4, after which the scammers stopped contacting him.
He was limited to his home and only had banks visited and withdrawing money, which was then forced to hand over to fraudsters who pretended to be ED and CBI officers, PTI reported.
Malhotra got a call on August 1 from a man who said he was representing a mobile connection of the company. The caller informed him that his Aadhaar card was used in Mumbai to activate the connection allegedly associated with cases of financing terrorism.
“They told me I had to talk to the Mummy Police about the same matter, and if they approve, the connection would continue, otherwise it would be disconnected and announced the matter,” PTI said.
The call was then transferred to individuals pretending to be police officers in Mumbai who insisted on continuing the conversation via WhatsApp. “The moment I was connected with the police, they began to push me by my Aadhaar used to finance terrorism, terrorist activities and many other serious crimes,” said the former banker.
He mentioned, “They wanted to know how much money I had in my bank account. I told them I had almost £14 Lakh. They asked me to transfer the amount to their account and assured me that it was only for verification. They said they first verify 25 % of my assets and then continue with the rest according to their system. They threatened me that if I did not keep, they would make them indemnifying my family members in terror. ”
“They told me it was the last step and that the Supreme Court is now watching this case. I refused to send the money and told them that I would place the amount directly at the Supreme Court. I also said I would go to the Hauz Khas police station and gave up,” Malhotra said.
Malhotra said, “I spent my life building security for my age. In one month it all disappeared because I trusted bad people. I hope my story serves as a warning.”
“We’ll burst it soon and arrest those for”
September 19, after he realized he was Scammed, Malhotra announced the incident to the police. The intelligence merger unit and strategic operations (IFSO) Police in Delhi, which focuses on computer fraud cases, tests the matter. The police said they had successfully frozen £2.67 crore cheated money on multiple bank accounts.
The officer who is familiar with the investigation said, “The Money Trail revealed that the funds were stacked on multiple accounts and downloaded from different parts of the country to avoid detection. More than 4,000 contour accounts were used to clap funds.
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