Doctor loses ₹6 lakh during 24 hr digital arrest in Jodhpur, FIR filed

Jodhpur: Just three days after a retired female doctor lost Rs 87 lakh to cyber fraudsters, another doctor was duped of Rs 6 lakh in Jodhpur. The fraudster, dressed in police uniforms, kept the female doctor digitally arrested for 24 hours and persuaded her to transfer Rs 6 lakh from her account. Police said it was only after the fraudsters attempted to make another Rs 6 lakh transaction from her account, the victim realised she was being scammed, who then reported the matter to police.SHO (Kudi Bhagtasni) Rajendra Choudhary said victim Namrata Mathur (31), a doctor at Vyas Dental College in the city, filed a report stating that she received a video call on the evening of Sept 20. The caller, dressed in a police uniform, introduced himself as Vijay Kulkarni, an officer of Mumbai Crime Branch. He made her fill out an application for disaster investigation, got it approved, and sent it back. He then told her that an account linked to her Aadhaar card was active in Canara Bank, Mumbai.“He then told her that an account linked to her Aadhaar card is active in Canara Bank, Mumbai, which has money transactions for illegal activities and she will be kept under digital arrest for the investigation of all her financial details”, Choudhary said.Confirming to her about her digital arrest through a PDF warrant, the caller then demanded information about her bank accounts and fixed deposits. In the meantime, she was sent four letters, comprising an agreement with CBI, an asset seizure notice, an arrest warrant, and a case report. Seeing all these documents, which appeared authentic, the doctor panicked and provided all the information to the fraudster. She was kept on the video call until 2pm on Sept 21 and persuaded her to transfer Rs 6 lakh via RTGS into an account.Choudhary said a case has been registered.

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