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UHi everyone!
Seeking urgent help on a really strange matter that is happening with us.
These few days have been completely mentally exhausting for my family. My father has been scammed online by an amount of Rs. 2,50,000. He was talking to a person who lured him into getting his business expanded by making him meet some clients in Nepal and Bhutan. He made every arrangements for him to come to Nepal and Bhutan and on the pretext of this, he asked money for hotel and flight bookings and other stuff. My father was just lured by his words and transferred the money. And it was not just one time transfer. Multiple transfers to the tune of 2,50,000 were done.
Now, when he got to know that it was a scam and reported to cyber crime, something really strange has happened. Four bank accounts linked with the number which was used for reporting the crime on the cyber crime portal and which had no connection with the crime have been blocked by the authorities for no reason whatsoever and negative lien has been charged as well on these accounts. The bank account from which the amounts were transferred is still operational.
We all know how insensitive authorities are towards such matters unless you are a celebrity or have some connections and therefore they are not helping us at all.
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BAdvocate here,
Firstly, visit the concerned bank to obtain the details of the complainant and the complaint acknowledgment number. Then, visit the nearby cyber cell to get further details about the complaint. Only after this will you understand why the lien has been placed and how to proceed with it. Also it is unlikely for an account to be frozen due to sending money; the issue typically arises when receiving money from illegal sources.
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UHi thanks for the reply.
My father do visited the bank and we got to know about all this stuff from them only. The cyber cell office in my city isn’t much active and isn’t responding to our grievances.
My only question is that do the banks have information on who is the complainant. The bank authorities are saying that the account has been blocked on the order of the cyber cell agency. Then, why they will be having the complainant details?
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BYes, a copy of the complaint is shared with them along with the instructions to impose liens/freeze. They might not provide you with a copy of it, but they will share basic details such as the location of the complaint and the complaint acknowledgment number.
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Bvictims account getting frozen is quite common. There are news articles about this but this happens in case of investment scams /task scams
Scammers first send you some task on telegram where they ask you to review some shops/hotel and send you 200 Rs or they ask you to invest some money in IPO /shares and let you withdraw some money and later when you deposit big money. You can not withdraw.
In such cases, victims account also get frozen because money is transferred into victim account
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