Around 130 complaints of Indians trapped in Cambodia have been received by the Indian embassy in Phnom Penh and as many as 75 people, who were forced to carry out cyber frauds there, have been rescued so far, said Avaran Abraham, Second Secretary (Consular and Diaspora) on Friday.
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Over 5,000 Indians are allegedly being held against their will in Cambodia and being forced to carry out cyber frauds on people back home, said sources. According to government estimates, the “fraudsters” have allegedly duped people in India of at least Rs 500 crore over the last six months. A source said those trapped in Cambodia were forced to extort money from people by pretending to be law enforcement officials, saying they had found some suspicious materials in their parcels.
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) held a meeting with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and other security experts to draw up a strategy to rescue the Indians trapped in Cambodia.
