Mumbai Man Transfers Rs 1.64 Crore To Scammers, Mistakes Real Cops For Fraudsters
Mumbai Man Transfers Rs 1.64 Crore To Scammers, Mistakes Real Cops For Fraudsters Published By, Last Updated: July 28, 2026, 10:37 IST A senior citizen
Mumbai Man Transfers Rs 1.64 Crore To Scammers, Mistakes Real Cops For Fraudsters Published By, Last Updated: July 28, 2026, 10:37 IST A senior citizen lost Rs 1.64 crore in a digital arrest scam and refused to open the door for real police after fraudsters convinced him they were fake officers. Senior citizen targeted in a Rs 1.64 crore digital arrest scam refuses to believe real police outside his home. (Image: Shutterstock) A senior citizen in Mumbai allegedly lost Rs 1.64 crore in a suspected digital arrest scam and even refused to open the door for genuine police officers after scammers convinced him they were imposters. According to a Hindustan Times report, the South Cyber Police had received information that the man had transferred Rs 1.64 crore in multiple instalments to various bank accounts between June 8 and July 25.
Suspecting that he was still being influenced by the fraudsters and could make additional payments, a team of cyber police officers rushed to his residence to intervene. However, instead of welcoming the officers, the victim believed they were fake policemen. The report said the senior citizen shut the door on the cyber police team and immediately made a WhatsApp video call to the people he had been communicating with and transferring money to. The fraudsters allegedly reassured him that they were the “real" police and insisted that the officers standing outside his residence were imposters trying to mislead him. “Despite the team’s repeated urging, he refused to open the door," a police officer attached to the South Cyber Police Station was quoted as saying. With their attempts proving unsuccessful, the cyber police sought assistance from the local police station.
Uniformed police personnel, along with members of the victim’s housing society, were called to help convince him that he had fallen prey to a cyber fraud. According to the report, the breakthrough came only after three members of the housing society, a team of police officers, and another victim of cyber fraud explained the reality of the situation to the elderly man. Only then did he realise he had been deceived and finally allow the police inside. Police registered a case against unknown accused under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Investigators were trying to identify the fraudsters by following the banking trail created through the multiple fund transfers. News18 Newsletter Handpicked stories, in your inbox A newsletter with the best of our journalism submit About the Author Vani Mehrotra Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com.
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