A senior Haryana Police officer on Monday said that the cyber team has managed to save Rs 6 lakh of five cybercrime victims who were cheated by fraudsters using various means in the last two days. According to the Government spokesperson, the cyber team had received a complaint on 1930 from a resident of Panchkula stating that he had been duped of Rs 6 lakh by cyber thugs in the name of saving his nephew who studies abroad. In his complaint, he informed that he got a call that his nephew’s citizenship had been confirmed and he celebrated with his friends. During this, there was a fight, due to which the police took him into custody. The caller asked him to give money so that he can be saved. Coming to the words of the thugs, the complainant deposited Rs 6 lakh in installments of 50,000 each into the given account. Later on, it was found that the account belongs to a bank in Uttar Pradesh. Realizing the fraud, he lodged a complaint on 1930. The cyber team immediately freezed the transaction of Rs 1.5 lakh.
In another case, a Gurugram resident invested money after seeing an advertisement offering to double his money on Instagram. As soon as the complainant realized the fraud, he immediately gave a complaint on 1930. Taking prompt action, the payment of Rs 85000 was put on hold and later on refunded into the complainant’s bank account. In another case, a resident of Gurugram, was lured by a package in the name of Hotel Taj, in which about Rs 1.5 lakh were cheated. In this case, the cyber team immediately freezed the account and deposited the money back into the complainant account. In a similar case, the cyber team saved Rs 1 lakh of Jai Kumar. In addition, when a resident of Kurukshetra was duped of Rs 1 lakh by becoming the school teacher of his son, the cyber team freezed the transaction after receiving the complaint. It is worthwhile to mention that the State Crime Branch has saved about Rs 11 crore of general public in the eight months.