Maharashtra women duped of Rs 12 Lakh to cyber fraudsters

 

A 36-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane city allegedly lost more than ₹ 12 lakh to cyber fraudsters, police said on Friday.

 

According to the complaint filed, the Kapurbawdi police have registered a case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Information Technology Act against two persons involved in the crime, an official said.

 

One of the accused befriended the victim on social media in November 2022. The man claimed that he was from Malaysia and was working in the UK.

 

The man told the woman that he had sent her some gift, and a few days later she received a call from a woman who works as a customs official in Delhi and asked her to pay some money to get the gift parcel released from the customs and that her friend had also sent her some foreign currency,the official said.

 

The complainant was asked to pay some money to get the foreign currency and the gift. The woman ended up paying ₹ 12.47 lakh in bank transactions from time to time and never received the gift, the official said.