Chennai: A retired teacher was cheated by a gang involved in cyber fraud by posing as police from the Anti-Terrorism Unit, and he ended up sending not only his own money of Rs. 1 crore, but also Rs. 1 crore from his wife’s bank account.
Chennai Cyber Crime police are investigating this. A retired school teacher living in Chennai recently received a phone call.
The person on the other end introduced himself as an Anti-Terrorism Unit police officer. He then said, “Your bank accounts have been used by terrorists for illegal money transfers.
We need to question you about this. If you do not cooperate, we will arrest you and release your photo.
We have now arrested you and placed you under house arrest. If you want to prove that you are innocent, send the money in your account to the bank account we specify.
“We will verify it, confirm that no wrongdoing has taken place, and then send your money back,” he said.
Walkie-talkie sound
Because he heard the sound of a walkie-talkie in the background, the retired teacher believed all of this was true and transferred more than Rs. 1 crore from his bank account to that bank account.
After that, the man, speaking casually, said that there was also suspicion regarding the teacher’s wife’s bank account and instructed him to transfer more than Rs. 1 crore from that account to the bank account he specified.
Threatened by the person speaking on the phone, the teacher did not tell anyone about it. In the end, after losing all the money, he realized that he had been cheated.
Later, she filed a complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner. Cybercrime police in the Central Crime Branch in Chennai are searching for the cyber fraud gang involved in this scam.