Agra teacher dies of shock after scammers claim daughter caught in prostitution ring | Crime News

Employed as a teacher at Achhnera Kanya Junior School, Malti Verma fell victim to a cyber fraudster who deceived her into believing her daughter was involved in a prostitution ring. Her son has accused the scammer of pressuring Malti by claiming that her daughter would be jailed unless the demanded sum was paid.

The scammers claimed that her daughter would be jailed alongside a call girl unless she transferred one lakh rupees.(Representative image)

Agra: A terrifying scam involving cybercriminals duping people out of lakhs and crores by threatening digital turned deadly as a government school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra lost her life after falling victim to one such con. The scammer had called the teacher, claiming her daughter had been caught in a sex trafficking ring and would be jailed alongside a call girl unless she transferred one lakh rupees.

The scam, which preys on people’s fear by spreading false, alarming information and pressuring them to make hasty online payments, claimed the life of Malti Verma, a resident of Abaltia, Agra, just four days ago. Malti was employed as a teacher at Achhnera Kanya Junior School in Agra. Her son has accused the cyber fraudster of tricking his mother by convincing her that her daughter was involved in prostitution and would be jailed unless the demanded sum was paid.

Similar incidents

Recently in Meerut, poet Saurabh Jain’s mother and poet Anamika Ambar’s mother-in-law, Sarita Jain, received alarming WhatsApp calls from a Pakistani number. The caller claimed that Saurabh Jain was trapped in a rape case and under digital arrest. The fraudster threatened Saurabh with imprisonment if he did not pay ₹1 crore.

However, the scam was uncovered when Saurabh contacted his mother using a different number for assistance. Meanwhile, Sarita Jain received a call featuring a photo of Vikas Vaibhav, a well-known IPS officer from Bihar, further heightening the scam’s credibility.

In another incident from Lucknow, Dr Ruchika Tandon from PGI Lucknow was duped out of ₹2.81 crore over seven days in August. The scammers presented her in an online court, claiming she was involved in a money laundering case with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and warned her not to discuss it due to national security concerns. Reports indicate that from April to August, over ₹120 crore was defrauded across India through similar scams.

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