–Robin Hibu, IPS (Delhi) |
[Lessons to be learnt from ever increasing bizzare cyber frauds with gullible NE folks]
* Foolish ventures and unabated hoodwinking of NE folks continues in cyber world, the latest eye opening cases seeking help are mind-boggling incidents .
1. Dimapur youth depositing 20,000 for doubling the amount by an attractive advertisement, when no money came in their account, they rushed down to chase the office at Panbazar, Gauahti , found to be dingy pan gumti address.
2. Pasighat promising horticulture entrepreneur depositing 18 lakhs to an attractive white female in hoping of setting up a joint venture in England , zippied down with high blood pressure to my office from Mebo, East Siang.
3. Itanagar well settled bachelor deposited 7 lakhs to get his night cyber adventure recorded video with a nude female…. blackmailing continues for money demand, desperately trying to get back his cyber amorous night acts in the darkness of the night .
4. One Manipur Female invested 5 lakhs as an advance payment through online offer for starting fashion design shop at Delhi, running around to get back her hard earned money.
5. One Naga female struggling with her life after depositing all her saving for gift from handsome American hunk, still she has hope for the gift .
6. One Assamese Journo female invested all her hard earned 8 lakhs with so called kind hearted man meet through Facebook for business venture , meet her in person, deposited the money , now that man is avoiding for 2 year, she wants me to get back her money without legal procedure .
7. A senior IAS officer from NE hoodwinked by property developer for his dream flat Near IGI Airport, now even after years of waiting, no hope of flat, running from pillar to post for recovery of his money .
8. A Sikkim entrepreneur deposited 4 lakhs for military junga jeep from so called ‘ Army officer ‘ based at Banglore , who wanted to sell his junga, an elusive fake military man not responding him any more, seeking my help to trace him and get back his money .
9. Young Arunachal female, who meet through Facebook, run away from Itangar with Nigerian man and allowed her bank account for illegal transactions of crime money by her living together Nigerian man got arrested and lodged at Mumbai Jail, desperately seeking my help for bailing her out from jail .
10. One budding writer had an agreement through cyber contact for publishing his maiden book and was hoodwinked with only 15 % royalty from his months of hard working burning midnight oil for the book. He wants me to help him to get more royalty.
12. One successful NE female came to seek my blessing with her so called very caring and loving hubby from Delhi, though bit hesitant, later on advised her to be careful as success of such marriages rate is very low due to many reasons .
As I feared and that tall mainland hunk fellow at that time look unreliable, as predicted, she has committed suicide recently due to alleged maladjustment in their marriage.
14. Another well settled NE female had steady 5 and half years relationship through Facebook and started relationship with a so called ( “my one is different from other man ‘ ) from mainland NCR had broken heart recently and in deep depression as her 5 year boyfriend ( whom she thought of settling down in life ) had dump her for reasons – ‘ difference in religion, and food habits ‘.
15. Arunachal contractor got panicky when he received purportedly sms from Airtel for calling at particular mobile to avoid disconnection, he revealed and sent all his personal details like Adhaar card, account, OTP, address etc and the fraudster had swindled 2 lakhs, now running around and desperately seeking help to get back his money .
* List of such bizzare incidents of north east people in cities via social media is increasing day by day ……..When I discussed with one of top cyber crime expert in Delhi for prevention and awareness etc, he had boisterous laugh and sarcastically retorted back to me -” Robin, there is solution for everything but not for foolish people. ”
* I was embarrassed and was contemplating, are our most of NE folks really foolishly adventurous ?
* These incidents can be an eye opening for many such adventurous NE youth ready to flung into the abyss ….
Sharing this bizzare incidents will create an awareness to avoid such pitfall.