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UHey everyone,
My school-time best friend recently got scammed, and I’m really worried for him. Here’s what happened:
He got a call from someone claiming he had cases registered against him for blackmailing a girl (completely false). The scammers threatened that his parents would be jailed if he didn’t send money. Later, they demanded more money. At some point, the scammers also sent him a fake FIR link(to view girl’s FIR), and when he clicked it, his phone went completely blank and switched off. After the phone turned back on, he saw that ₹25,000 was transferred anonymously from his account.
What he has done so far:
Tried filing a complaint, but the local police told him to go to the cyber police, which was closed.
Told his bank, but they brushed it off saying, “That’s not our problem.”
Talked to his parents, but instead of support, he got brutally scolded.
Tomorrow, his semester exams are starting, so he’s unable to go to the cyber police right now.
Is there any chance he can recover his money?
Can his bank reverse the transaction if he pushes harder?
Any advice would be really appreciated! He’s a good guy, and I’m really scared for him.
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DThe bank is completely responsible here. The banks, since these onlines scam begun have been shrugging off their responsibilities like never before.
File a complaint with rbi ombudsman. Go to the bank, they have a complaint form for such scams.
Any required action however has to be FAST bedore the money is siphoned and goes out of the feeezing capabilities of India’s cyber police.
Please don’t hesitate in sending a personal message for any further assistance-
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DIf you’re not an advocate, please reserve your ‘opinions’ to yourself. If you’re one, you need to learn. How to get relief for your clients instead of disregarding their claims, is our job and we shall do it.
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IIt’s not about me being an advocate or not, it’s more about understanding the difference between cybercrime and Cyber security. This is the case of cybercrime since the access was given to the scammers, banks will not take responsibility for our negligence.
And the RBI ombudsman is not the first point of contact, there’s a procedure and some conditions based on which you must approach it.
So clearly I’m against misinformation irrespective of who or what anyone blabber when people are in need of a solution.
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DIt definitely IS about you being an advocate. If you can list the procedure and the conditions that you so confidently claim to know, list them.
As for misinformation, you’re not helping either way. And doing something is better than doing nothing.
It is pointless for me to debate with you further because it would be too much too fast for you but a waste of my time and energy.
Feel free to comment further but know that, you have NO basis and I can easily assess that by the way you carefully choose your words to discredit my advice. Scroll reddit for fun and move on, leave the technicals to us.
If OP believes in my advice, its their decision, I am not forcing it down their throat. It’s called legal advice not legal banter.
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UVery low chance of recovering the money I am afraid. The bank is not responsible when you have sent the money willingly to someone, they will reverse only if your bank account was hacked and funds stolen without your knowledge. You can try and file a cybercrime case but most likely they won’t do anything for such small amounts.
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