Overview
- New complaints in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai detail losses of ₹75.5 lakh, ₹33.7 lakh and ₹44.91 lakh to coordinated phone-and-video frauds.
- Scammers impersonated Delhi Police, the Enforcement Directorate, TRAI and the Data Protection Board, using aliases and invoking senior IPS identities to appear credible.
- Victims were shown fabricated Supreme Court orders, staged virtual courtrooms with a fake magistrate and counterfeit ED receipts to legitimize demands.
- Targets were pressured to transfer money into multiple bank accounts, liquidate investments and even sell property, with promises of short-term refunds or threats of arrest and heavy fines.
- Central Cyber Police, North Bengaluru Cybercrime Police and Kharghar Police have registered cases under BNS and IT Act provisions and are tracing the beneficiary accounts while warning that agencies never seek payments over calls.