Mumbai Police saves Rs 40 lakh extorted by cyber fraudster after man dials 1930 helpline

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Mumbai Police froze nearly Rs 40 lakh allegedly extorted by a cyber fraudster from a man after he lodged a complaint with the cyber helpline 1930, an official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.

The complainant, an employee of a private firm had got a call on Wednesday from a man claiming to be a law enforcement officer.

"The caller claimed that the complainant had got a consignment and illegally received a large amount of money in his bank account," an official said, as per the PTI.

The caller threatened to get the man arrested and forced him to transfer Rs 39.88 lakh to a bank account. Later, the man then called the cyber crime helpline 1930 and narrated the incident.

Mumbai Police alerted the National Cyber Crime Reporting (NCRP) portal and contacted the nodal officer of the fraudster's bank.

The bank immediately froze the money transferred from the complainant's account.

"We have saved the money taken from the complainant's account," the official said, the news agency reported on Thursday.

Cyber cons posing as CBI officers swindle Rs 9.5 lakh from student

Meanwhile, in an another incident, posing as CBI officers, cyber cons swindled off Rs 9.5 lakh from a student who had access to his parent's account. Cops said that the complainant, who is 26-year-old, used to operate his parent's bank account who have retired from government jobs.

The fraudster told the student that they had been acting upon a summons issued by the Delhi Court, accusing the complainant of being involved in a cyber fraud case. The accused extorted Rs 9.5 lakh from him.

According to the police, after transferring nine and a half lakh rupees out of 15 lakh from his bank account, the victim became suspicious. After searching it on Google, he discovered that it was a fraud and immediately lodged a complaint at the Borivali police station.

The 26-year-old Borivali-based student, residing with his retired parents, received a recorded call on his mobile number and was allegedly scammed by the fraudsters.

Upon realising that he had been cheated, he reached out to the police and based on the victim's complaint, the police have registered the case under Sections 419, 420, and 34 of the IPC, and Sections 66C and 66D of the IT Act, and initiated further investigation.

(with PTI inputs)