In recent months, cybercriminals have stolen millions of rupees from high-net-worth individuals in Tamil Nadu by threatening to reveal the identities of the CBI, ED, and TRAI. Nonetheless, the state’s cybercrime department was able to halt the movement of funds to the accounts of cyberfraudsters and retrieve them whenever complaints were filed promptly and alarms were received on time.
In an official statement released on Monday, the wing stated that after successfully extorting over Rs 1 crore from a city resident, a special team of police officers detained Ramesh Bhai Badabhi Bhogra and agents Paresh Narshibhai and Vivek from Surat, Gujarat. They got in touch with the victim, informing him that there were drugs in a package that was registered under his name. They also threatened to have him arrested by the Mumbai police if the money wasn’t given.
In a different incidence, the police team was able to seize Rs. 1.2 crore from con artists who had extorted money using Trai’s name.
Prior to the money being transferred to further fictitious bank accounts during the previous three days, the Chennai City Cybercrime Wing Police expeditiously responded to the complaints and recovered an additional Rs 2.6 crore.
In one instance, a retired IAS official who had transferred Rs 90 lakh to a bank account was duped by a con artist posing as a TRAI employee.
But when the former bureaucrat realized he had been duped, he went to the commissioner’s office’s cybercrime officers and filed a complaint. Police stopped the money transfer and took all of the cash.
In a different instance, Saraswathi, a 78-year-old resident of Kottivakkam, was tricked into thinking she had been placed under virtual custody and coerced into sending Rs 3 crore. In response to her complaint, the cybercriminal was able to retrieve and halt the transfer of Rs 1 crore.
In a separate incident, con artists tricked Anna Nagar East resident Shanmugam, 67, into falling for an internet scam and coerced him into sending Rs 3.7 crore. Cybercrime officials removed Rs 57 lakh from the bank account in response to Shanmugam’s accusation.
People should steer clear of such traps in the first place, advises a cybercrime wing officer. They could also file complaints via the 1930 helpline.
For an extra degree of protection, they have also recommended two-factor authentication for important accounts. Reports of such instances can be sent to www.cybercrime.gov.in or ‘1930’.
According to police estimates, extortion of unsuspecting victims in the city has taken place for over Rs 132 crore in only the last eight months alone.
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