The Digital Trail That Led Scammers to Her Personal and Financial Information

In an unmistakable demonstration of the speed and sophistication of modern financial fraud, investigators say a sum of almost six crore was transferred within a matter of minutes, passing through an extensive chain of locations and accounts before disappearing without leaving a trace.

It all began in a plush condominium tower in a gated enclave in the National Capital Region. 

Over time, it unravelled to a modest three-room home in a Haryana village, and then onto a rented terrace room on the outskirts of Hyderabad, and then to 15 further states across the country.

It has been reported that as the trail grew colder, the money passed through 28 bank accounts, touching 141 more, revealing the increasingly brazen precision with which organized cyber-fraud networks operate as they operate through their intricate, circuitous route. 

Sue’s experience is an example of how a single cyber-security breach can cause the unraveling of an entire digital life.

The personal details she provided were later found circulating freely online, which served as the entranceway for criminals who carried out a SIM-swap attack, convincing the mobile network that they were the legitimate account holders and obtaining access to her number. By doing so, they were able to access nearly all of her online accounts and reset the credentials. 

A woman describes the experience as “horrible” because sh

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