Famous Cyber Lawyer Becomes the Victim of A WhatsApp Scam Worth ₹93 Lakh. Police Investigating the Case.
Famous Cyber Lawyer Becomes the Victim of A WhatsApp Scam Worth ₹93 Lakh. Police Investigating the Case.
A senior counsel who represents central agencies, such as the NIA and Customs, is the latest dupe of a WhatsApp Scam.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: An online fraud ring was successful in defrauding a prominent criminal attorney who specializes in cyber matters, resulting in a loss of ₹93 lakh for the attorney. The scamsters tricked the attorney, who was a resident of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, into thinking that he would be able to make big profits through investments in the stock market.
Between June 21 and June 27, the cons were perpetrated against the prominent attorney who was the subject of the scheme. There is currently an investigation being conducted into the situation by the cyber police.
A senior counsel who represents central agencies, such as Customs and the National Investigation Agency, is the person who has been defrauded. On June 21, the lawyer received a call on his WhatsApp from a number that was located in another country.
This was the beginning of the fraud. The caller was successful in persuading him that trading on the stock market might potentially yield huge gains. Following that, the attorney was added to a WhatsApp group that was called “Club 88,” and he was given instructions to download a smartphone application that was called “Block Tigers.”
Within the course of the second conversation that was placed with the attorney, he was given the instruction to deposit ₹5 lakh in two separate installments. As a result of the caller’s bogus claim that these deposits would result in big gains from stock trading, the attorney decided to increase his investment strategy.
A total of 93 lakh rupees had been transferred by the attorney to a number of other bank accounts by the 27th of June, after which the accused became inaccessible to the authorities. After some time, the attorney came to the conclusion that the earnings that were promised were not genuine, and he then lodged a complaint with the cyber police.
About The Author:
Yogesh Naager is a content marketer who specializes in the cybersecurity and B2B space. Besides writing for the News4Hackers blogs, he also writes for brands including Craw Security, Bytecode Security, and NASSCOM.
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