Hyderabad: A 71-year-old retired government employee succumbed to a digital scam in Telangana. As per sources, the government employee lost Rs1.16 crore in an incident that took place January 27 this year.
In his complaint, the victim reported to have received a miscellaneous call with the person posing as an official from TRAI who falsely claimed his mobile number was being misused. Despite his denial, the scammer coerced him into contacting individuals posing as Mumbai Branch officials. An alleged false money laundering case was implicated on him which led them to his Aadhar Details. Subsequently, the fraudsters kept him under surveillance through video calls and warned him not to disclose the matter citing national security. He was later forwarded to another fraudster who posed as an ED official.
Sources added, he was persuaded to disclose all his assets and transfer funds for verification by the Ministry of Finance. Reportedly he transferred money to multiple accounts between February 2 and April 16. Sharing details of another transaction the complainant said that he was also misled into transferring Rs 60 lakh tagged as operation cost.
Overall, he is believed to have suffered a loss of Rs 1,16,90,000 including Rs 40 Lakh from his wife’s account.
A case has been registered by the Malkangiri Cybercrime police under relevant sections of BNS and IT Act.
Investigation is udnerway.
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