A woman in Chalakuda was held hostages over a video call for more than a day by cyber fraudsters who manipulated her transfer of money through a series of threats. The victim, identified as a treesa from Meluru, filed a complaint on the cyber police on Tuesday.
According to the complaint, Scammer appeared on a video call dressed in police uniform and falsely claimed that a duplicate SIM card issued in the name of Treesa used a man named Sandeep Kumar for illegal activities. Fraudster warned her not to leave the room and threatened that if the information escaped, Sandeep would come to her.
Treesa worried about her life and remained locked in her room for almost 36 hours. During this time, the fraudster ordered her to transfer almost 3 lakhs from her bank account to what he claimed to be a “government account”. When Treesa said she was not familiar with online transactions, she was told to go to the bank and put the amount directly.
An account limit
She went to the bank and tried to convert 2.6 ₹ Lakh into a fraudulence account. However, due to the account limit, the transaction could not be completed. Scammer then ordered it to use Google Pay to send money in smaller installments. Treesa ended with a transfer of around 40,000 GBP through multiple transactions to different numbers.
Repeated requests for money have finally increased its suspicion and she informed her relative of calls. Later Treesa filed a formal complaint against a computer cell and is now under investigation.
Published – 4 June 2025 20:58
