Miscreants pose as cops, dupe man of Rs 9 lakh

A 78-year-old resident of Sector 6 was duped of Rs 9 lakh in a cyber fraud. The fraudsters posed as policemen and used counterfeit documents, levying accusations of money laundering, to dupe him. Manohar Singh Vohra, an advocate, said he received a Whatsapp call from an unknown number. The caller claimed to be a police official from Mumbai. He sent him some documents, including a debit card having his name, and said the documents were being used by some people for laundering money and defrauding people.

The caller told Vohra he was under ‘digital arrest’ and that he was not allowed to talk to anyone or leave the house. The caller also directed him to transfer Rs 9 lakh to an account, assuring him the money would bereturned after investigation.