Scams On WhatsApp And Telegram Are On Rise, Man Loses Rs 51,00,000 In An Online Fraud: All Details

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scams are spreading like wildfire in India, as almost every day, we get to see a new kind of scam. In a recent development, a 33-year-old Indo-Tibetan Border Police officer lost a whopping amount of Rs 51,00,000 through an online trading scam. Citing the same, an FIR has been filed in the cybercrime branch under Section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. SHO of the cyber crime police station, Vijay Rana, told Times of India, 'Banks concerned have been approached to trace accounts where the money was transferred.' Apart from that, the SHO also confirmed that the investigation is underway.

What Actually Happened In The Scam?

The scam began when the officer started on August 26, 2025, when Kumar was contacted by a woman who introduced herself as Isha Desai and claimed to be from Mumbai. Moving forward, she informed him about an investment scheme that promises profits. After a while, the conversation between the two shifted to Telegram. The women then asked Kumar to invest in share trading via an app called GO Markets Global Cs on September 11, as recorded by the police. Now, Desai kept promising Kumar that he will get constant profits and also helped him in withdrawing around 5,000. Once Kumar though that he scheme is genuine, he invested Rs 51,00,000 to multiple bank accounts via more than 70 transactions. These transactions were carried out in three months, starting from September 11 to November 6. Now, problems started showing up when Kumar tried to withdraw his amount from the app, is started demanding additional payments dubbed transactional fees.

What Can You Do To Stay Safe?

You will connect with different people on different social media platforms, and some of them will be those whom you don't know personally. In that case, never accept the offer of investment from these kind of scammers and always make sure that you are only to legit people on the social media platforms.