Hyderabad: Cybercriminals cheated a 78-year-old pensioner of Rs 51 lakh in the digital arrest fraud. The victim, a retired Central government employee and resident of Srinagar colony in Hyderabad, received a call from a fraudster posing as ACP of Mumbai Crime Branch, threatening that his mobile phone SIM was used in bomb blasts and kidnap cases.

The fraudster also told the victim that others have taken SIM cards in his name. He even showed notices from the CBI and accused him of money laundering.

The victim was kept under digital arrest by the offender, who made a video call. The fraudster did not allow him to make call to anyone and took all his bank account details.

The accused asked the senior citizen to transfer 95 per cent of the money from his account to save himself from the cas

See Full Page