Reportedly cyber fraudsters in Mumbai, maharashtra have duped an elderly woman of Rs 1.25 crore by 'digital arresting' her. The cyber fraudsters accused the 68-year-old woman of being involved in financial fraud and pressured her to pay money to escape from it. police gave this information on Tuesday. police said that the woman lives with her husband in Goregaon city. An official said, in a complaint lodged in the Cyber police station of the Crime Branch in November, the woman had told that she received a call from an unknown woman, who introduced herself as an officer of the bank OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='reserve bank of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>reserve bank of india (RBI). He told that she threatened the victim to register a case if she did not pay the credit card dues and asked her to talk to hyderabad Police.
Meanwhile after this, a person claiming to be a police officer talked to the victim. The officer said that the person (fake police officer) claimed that the victim's credit card was used in a financial fraud of Rs 500 crore in hyderabad and Rs 20 lakh was deposited in her account. After this, the person told the woman that he was transferring the call to the cbi officer. After this, the cbi officer made a video call to the victim woman and threatened to arrest her. The officer said that the fraudsters told her that if she wants to save herself from arrest, then she will have to deposit money in the given bank accounts. After this, the woman deposited about Rs 1.25 crore within a month.
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