From January to August 26, 2024, the Coimbatore City Cybercrime Police Station received a shocking 5,319 complaints, most of which had to do with financial fraud. 217 FIRs were also filed during this time.
An old woman in the city’s Ramanathapuram station limits became a victim of a cybercrime recently when she sent ₹2.30 crore from her bank accounts to a fraudster posing as a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer with headquarters in Mumbai.
The woman received a WhatsApp call a few days ago from the imposter informing her that a package sent in her name had been held at the FedEx shipping firm for containing illegal substances, international SIM cards, and fake passports, according to the Cybercrime Police. With the promise that the money would be returned following verification, the imposter coerced her into transferring all of her bank account monies to the “police bank accounts to authenticate the transactions” by claiming that a First Information Report had been filed. When the woman realized she had been duped she filed a complaint.
A 65-year-old man from Pappanaickenpalayam filed a complaint with the city cybercrime police more than two weeks ago after he lost ₹ 10 lakh to internet scammers. He canceled the complaint, despite the police’s advice, only to come back on Friday and reveal that he had sent the online scammers an extra ₹ 14 lakh.
From January to August 26, 2024, the Coimbatore city cybercrime police station received a shocking 5,319 complaints, most of which had to do with financial theft. Out of those, 217 FIRs were filed.
Between January and August 26, 2024, Coimbatore city residents lost up to ₹ 73 crores to internet scammers. Of that amount, the authorities were able to freeze and reclaim ₹ 8 crore, which they then gave to the victims.
“Arun, Inspector of Police, Coimbatore City Cybercrime Police Station, stated, ‘We repeatedly point out that the people should stop panicking and attend the local police station when they get such calls from the fraudsters.
Of the 6,396 complaints that were filed in 2023, involving the loss of ₹ 48.32 crores due to cyber fraud, the police filed 206 FIRs and arrested 44 of the perpetrators.
Six of them were in custody because of the Goondas Act. 4,516 victims who had lost ₹ 13.87 crores to online scammers filed complaints in 2022.
According to V. Balakrishnan, the Commissioner of Police in Coimbatore City, despite awareness campaigns, even educated young people—including those working in the software industry—were losing money to online scammers. These individuals trick them by creating phony mobile applications for online trading, which then trick them into making major investments.
Mr. Balakrishnan noted that it was important that people use care and avoid giving money to scammers.
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