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IT engineer becomes victim of cyber fraud, loses Rs 7.74 lakh in the name of digital arrest

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A person was cyber cheated in Muzaffarpur. The man was arrested digitally after being threatened. He said the parcel was being sent from Mumbai to Iran using Aadhaar card. The parcel has been returned as it was not received. In the name of registering a case in the name of a person from Muzaffarpur, Rs 7.74 lakh was transferred to three different accounts. In this matter, Vishal has lodged an FIR in the cyber police station. He got scared and was digitally arrested.

A case of fraud has come to light with an IT engineer working in a private company in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Here, Rs 7 lakh 74 thousand were defrauded from him through cyber fraud. Balaghat resident Vishal Kumar Kashyap was defrauded using his Aadhaar card. It was feared that parcels could be sent to Iran illegally from Mumbai. He was arrested digitally by cyber criminals posing as officers of Mumbai Crime Branch.

In the name of registering a case in Vishal's name, Rs 7.74 lakh was deposited in three different accounts. In this matter, Vishal has lodged an FIR in the cyber police station. The police have registered a case and are investigating the matter. On the evening of 14 October, a call came from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as an employee of a courier company. He told his name as Akash Verma. Vishal was told that the parcel was being sent from Mumbai to Iran using the Aadhar card in his name. The parcel has been returned due to non-delivery. The crime branch is investigating this.

Young man was threatened in the name of parcel

The parcel contains four expired passports, laptop, credit card, pen drive, 450 grams of drugs. Police have registered an FIR in this regard. The company has been paid Rs 93,410 for the parcel sent on October 8. After this, Akash Verma transferred his call to the alleged officer of Mumbai Crime Branch. They threatened him by saying various things and arrested him digitally.

Skype call

Now he spoke posing as a crime branch officer. While talking about the FIR, he also gave various types of threats. Vishal got very scared after hearing his words and threats. After this, the cyber crook made a Skype call posing as an officer of the Crime Branch. Asked Vishal for Aadhaar card information which he already had. He asked Vishal to check his personal loan amount on the mobile app. The caller already knew the amount that could be sanctioned in Vishal's account.

Thus, Vishal accepted the personal loan. He deposited Rs 7.74 lakh in three different bank accounts eight times. Cyber ​​criminals said that their account is being verified. He said that it will take some time. After this they will get the police clearance certificate. After this Vishal's name will be removed from the portal. In this matter, DSP Cyber ​​​​Seema Devi said that an FIR has been registered and investigation is being done.