Ahmedabad : A 25-year-old man in Ahmedabad was allegedly extorted of more than Rs 49 lakh by scammers. He eventually lodged a complaint with the police, with a probe into the matter now underway. The blackmail started after the man received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number on September 3.
Shocked by this, he immediately disconnected the call and blocked the number. A short while later, the man, who works for a private company, received another WhatsApp call from a different number. The complainant again disconnected the call and blocked the number. During the exchange, he also received a video, which he later deleted.
The fraudsters contacted him once again on September 27, this time from another unknown number. The caller identified himself as Sanjay Arora, saying he was an officer with the Delhi Cyber Crime Branch. The caller told him that offences related to nude videos carried a seven-year prison sentence and that the Ahmedabad Police could arrest him.
This person told the complainant that two nude videos had surfaced in his name and that he would have to pay Rs 71,250 to get them deleted. Fearing police action and wanting to prevent the supposed videos from being circulated, the man agreed to pay the amount.
The scammers then allegedly began demanding more money from him, citing different reasons each time. He kept giving in to the repeated demands, transferring a total of Rs 49.78 lakh over various occasions to the accounts provided by the scammers.
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