An MBA student gave a woman his phone number via a dating app. He received a WhatsApp
video call from the woman’s phone at around eight in the evening, in which a semi-clothed
woman was making sexual gestures. He became the victim of cyber crime.
The world of new media is emerging fast as well as the new type of crimes. They are
‘Cyber crimes’. Day in and day out we can see the cases of cyber crime daily. The amount of
cyber crimes is increasing daily with the advance technology. Some cyber crimes result in major
privacy loss and sometimes financial loss too. The recent case in Bhandup where an individual
loss his huge amount of money because of cyber crime. Recently a student in Mumbai became
the victim of a cyber crime which caused major financial loss to him.
A 23 year old student of MBA In Mumbai, Bhandup lost Rs 4.68 lakh to con artists
who posed as YouTube officials. The student was lately the victim of sextortion. The Bhandup
police have received a report of a crime, but no one has been detained as of yet.
The incident took place when the second-year student shared his contact number with a woman
on a dating app. A 23-year-old student became a victim of sextortion and lost Rs 4.68 lakh to
fraudsters.
It all started on June 30 when The MBA student gave a woman he met on a dating site his
phone number. He received a WhatsApp video call from the woman’s phone at around eight in
the evening, in which a semi-clothed woman was making sexual gestures. After 4-5
minutes, the complaint realised there was an issue and ended the chat. Later that evening, he
received a message on WhatsApp with the video call’s recording, warning him that if he didn’t
pay the woman, The youngster blocked the number out of
fear.
However, the following day he received a voice message on WhatsApp from a person
identifying himself as Sanjay Singh and claiming to work for YouTube. He explained that the film
is on their site and that he needed to pay an agreement of Rs 5,550, along with Rs
550 as a fee to have the video removed, with the rest Rs 2,500 being refunded. When the
student paid the agreed upon amount, the accused proceeded to seek money using various
justifications till he paid Rs 4,68,201.
In the interim, Ram Pandey, posing as a member of YouTube’s legal team, called the MBA
student and demanded Rs. 1.7 lakh in payment in addition to the victim’s full list of case details
in a PDF. If the victim doesn’t pay the amount by Friday, according to Pandey, a police report
will be filed against him (July 8).The student told his father about the incident after being unable to secure the funds. His father realised his son had been duped and they went to the police.
The police have said they are looking for the accused. Nitin Unhavane, a senior inspector with
the Bhandup Police Department, said that At this point we have also asked banks to freeze the
accounts involved in the crime. This student and his family faced a huge loss because of it. The main accused haven’t been found yet. The police are investigating the case.
