How a cybercriminal's attempt to impersonate CJI DY Chandrachud to scam a lawyer backfired...
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00:00This wasn't a WhatsApp message from Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachur.
00:04This wasn't a call from a senior IPS officer asking for a bribe.
00:08And he was definitely not a Microsoft employee.
00:11These were some of the recent instances where the fraudsters tricked people by impersonating
00:15someone they weren't.
00:21In the case of the Chief Justice of India, a fraudster posed as D.Y. Chandrachur and
00:26contacted a lawyer on social media.
00:28He said he needed 500 rupees for a cab to get to a collegium meeting.
00:32He promised to repay the money, saying that he would return it once he arrived at the
00:36Supreme Court.
00:37To add a personal touch, he even added sent from iPad in the end, which shows up automatically
00:43when you send an email or a message from an iPad.
00:46India registered over 7,40,000 cybercrime complaints between January and April 2024,
00:52and people lost over 1,750 crore to cybercriminals.
00:57Fraudsters are using fake social media profiles and other techniques such as artificial intelligence
01:02to morph videos and impersonate audio messages.
01:05In the senior IPS officer case, the caller tried to dupe a man, saying his son had been
01:10arrested for sexually assaulting a girl.
01:12The caller demanded money from the father if he wanted to clear his son's name.
01:16But the father identified it to be a scam and played along.
01:32In this case, the Delhi-based man posed as a Microsoft employee and siphoned off 3 crore
01:37rupees from an American woman.
01:39He was arrested in July 2024, and the investigation was still underway as of publishing this story.
01:44In the Chief Justice of India impersonation case, the fraudster used D.Y.
01:49Chandrachur's name and photo from the internet to create a fake social media profile.
01:54The screenshot of this message was posted online on 25th August 2024 by the lawyer who
01:59received the message, and soon it went viral on social media.
02:04Many users on the internet praised the fraudster's confidence, while others expressed concerns.
02:08This incident also caught the eye of the Supreme Court of India.
02:12On 27th August 2024, the Supreme Court authorities filed a cybercrime complaint with the Delhi
02:18Police following instructions from the Chief Justice of India, D.Y.
02:22Chandrachur.
02:23In such cases, the punishment for cheating by impersonation can be imprisonment for up
02:27to 5 years of fine or both under section 3192 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanita.
02:32So if you ever fall victim to such cyber fraud, you can lodge an online complaint on the National
02:37Cybercrime Reporting Portal or dial the National Cybercrime Helpline number 1930.
02:42Now the portal to file a cyberfraud complaint is cybercrime.gov.in