Woman loses Rs 6 lakh to digital arrest | Mangaluru News
Udupi: A woman, who was cheated by fraudsters in a digital arrest case, lost Rs 6 lakh. According to Udupi CEN police, the complainant, Leola, received a phone call at 11.30 am on July 22 from an unidentified person who introduced himself as a representative of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The caller told the complainant that several complaints related to harassment and fake advertisements were registered against her SIM card. Further, the caller told her that the call would be forwarded to the Mumbai Cyber police.Later, the complainant received a WhatsApp call at 12.19 pm. The caller, in police uniform, informed the woman that her Aadhaar card was involved in a money laundering case and threatened her to remain on a WhatsApp video call for 24 hours. Around 12.26 pm the next day, she received another call, and the caller asked her not to switch off the mobile phone data. The caller also threatened to arrest her if she switched off her mobile data.Later, she was forced to transfer Rs 6 lakh to two different bank accounts of the fraudster. A case under Section 66 (c) of the IT Act was registered.
