Mumbai: A 25-year-old woman from Beed lost Rs 7.49 lakh in cyber fraud after being duped by scammers posing as a businessman and a policeman.
According to the Beed police, on January 5, the complainant received a call from a man claiming to be a businessman.
He alleged that he had been detained at Mumbai Airport and promised her Rs 2 crore if she helped secure his release. Another fraudster posing as a police officer then pressured her to pay for his release.
Believing them, the woman sold her jewellery and borrowed money from her family, transferring Rs7.49 lakh in multiple online transactions between January 7 and 21.
When she could no longer pay, the scammers threatened her with arrest. The woman then confided in her husband and realised she had been deceived. She then reported the fraud via the cybercrime helpline, leading to an FIR.
The police have registered a case under section 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 66C (identity theft) of the Information Technology Act.
