They also told him that, as a former government employee and senior citizen, the authorities would “protect” him if he cooperated with the investigation. Before the victim could seek further details, the caller disconnected after saying he would shortly receive a WhatsApp video call from police officials. Believing the claims, the victim prematurely broke his fixed deposits and transferred the money to bank accounts specified by the fraudsters. Story continues below this adBetween July 27 and July 28, he transferred Rs 1.05 crore in three RTGS transactions. The fraud came to light on July 29 when the victim asked the callers to share photographs of their identity cards.