Bengaluru: Cybercroux has tricked a 75-year-old woman worth 2 rupees after promising a high return on investment in the stock market.
The con artist forced the women to make concessions between December 9, 2024 and January 31, 2025. She even paid a 15% fee to withdraw her investments and “returns.”
Cooktown resident Anna (name changed) complained that she was seduced by a con man identified as Giribasan Ayengar on December 9, 2024 by “Sue Securities” and Aishacityka I told the Sen Crime Police. Become a securities assistant for the same company and invest in online trading and investments with guaranteed returns.
After multiple conversations with Iyengar (+91 98320 24127,) Sithika (+91 77278 42817), and “Hem Securities Customer Service” (+91 82830 37963 and +91 77425 71295), he Women are Rs 2 in various transactions was transferred in 1 crawl. Bank accounts provided by scammers.
On January 31, she wanted to withdraw the amount. The scammer told her she would have to pay a 15% fee along with transaction costs to qualify for withdrawing the money. Within two days of clearing up the committee, they promised her to pay the full investment, along with the so-called profits that were hit by her numerous block deals.
She went ahead, transferred the committee amount to their account and waited for two days. On the third day she tried to reach them, but they were immovable. Realizing that she was being cheated, she approached the police. The petitioner has not specified the amount of the committee she paid.
A senior police officer said the lawsuit has been registered under the Information Technology Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Section 318 (Fraud) and an investigation is ongoing.
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The victim’s mistake leads to
Freezing two other A/CS
Realizing that she had been fooled by a cyber scammer, Anna called Cyber Helpline 1930 on February 3rd and filed a complaint. The staff asked her to send a bank slip related to her payment. In a state of panic, she accidentally added details of the two who had no connection or relationship to the case.
However, three personal accounts have been frozen. Two accounts for one individual had Rs 47,50,000. Realizing her mistake, Anna later demands the police to instruct the bank to remove three accounts.
“We told the bank to freeze the accounts of innocent people,” the officer said.
