Mumbai: 78-Year-Old Woman Defrauded of Rs 1.51 Crore by Cyber Criminals Posing as Delhi Police
Mumbai, 2nd January 2025: Mumbai’s cybercrime unit has initiated an investigation into an incident where a 78-year-old woman from South Mumbai allegedly lost ₹1.51 crore to online fraudsters who impersonated Delhi Police officers.
The Crime Branch reported that the woman was tricked into transferring the money after being told by the fake “police officers” that a parcel she had sent to her daughter in the US contained illegal items, including mephedrone and US dollars.
According to her complaint, the elderly woman had arranged for a courier service on December 5 to send food items to her daughter. The fraud began the following day when she received a call from someone posing as Amit Kumar, claiming to be from the courier company. He told her that the parcel contained expired documents, Aadhaar cards, credit cards, 2,000 grams of mephedrone, and $2,000 in cash.
The fraudsters threatened to arrest her for money laundering and provided forged arrest warrants and investigation reports to intimidate her. They then pressured her to share her bank account details and transferred ₹1.51 crore from her account.
After realizing the scam, the woman filed a complaint with the police helpline and later applied to the South Cyber Police Station.
A case of extortion, cheating, and criminal intimidation has been registered. Police are currently tracking down the suspects using bank account information and call data records.
