{"id":888055,"date":"2024-12-16T10:50:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=888055"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:20:56","slug":"bengaluru-senior-citizen-loses-rs-1-94-crore-in-whatsapp-video-call-scam-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/12\/16\/bengaluru-senior-citizen-loses-rs-1-94-crore-in-whatsapp-video-call-scam-heres-what-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru senior citizen loses Rs 1.94 Crore in WhatsApp video call scam: Here\u2019s what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior citizen in Bengaluru fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing Rs 1.94 crore from his fixed deposit. The scam unfolded over a week, starting with a WhatsApp video call on November 30th.<br \/>\nThe victim received a video call from an unknown number. The caller, posing as a Mumbai Crime Branch officer, displayed a background resembling a police station, lending credibility to their claims. The fraudsters then accused the victim of involvement in a money laundering case linked to Indian businessman Naresh Goyal.<br \/>\nEmploying fear tactics, the scammers placed victim under a fabricated &#8220;digital arrest.&#8221; They threatened him with legal repercussions and strictly prohibited him from discussing the situation with anyone, effectively isolating him from potential help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior citizen in Bengaluru fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing Rs 1.94 crore from his fixed deposit. The scam unfolded over a week, starting with a WhatsApp video call on November 30th. The victim received a video call from an unknown number. The caller, posing as a Mumbai Crime Branch officer, displayed a background resembling a police station, lending credibility to their claims. The fraudsters then accused the victim of involvement in a money laundering case linked to Indian businessman Naresh Goyal. Employing fear tactics, the scammers placed victim under a fabricated &#8220;digital arrest.&#8221; They threatened him with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-888055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}