A 77-year-old woman from South Mumbai fell victim to a long and serious online scam. The scammers pretended to be police officers and tricked her into believing she was connected to a big money laundering case. They scared her by saying she would be arrested, which made her very anxious.
The trouble started when she got a WhatsApp call saying that a suspicious package had been sent to Taiwan in her name. The caller claimed it contained illegal items like drugs and fake passports. When she denied sending any package, the caller said her Aadhar card was involved in a crime and transferred her to someone pretending to be the police.
The fake officer told her not to tell anyone and to download the Skype app to keep the “investigation” ongoing. Then, he asked for her bank details. Another scammer, posing as a different police officer, asked her to move money to certain bank accounts for the investigation, saying it would be returned if everything was fine.
The scammers kept her on video call all day and instructed her to go to the bank and transfer money. They even told her to say she was buying property if anyone asked about the transfers. After she sent some money, they credited Rs 15 lakh back to her account to gain her trust.
Over time, she ended up sending Rs 3.8 crore to six different accounts. Another similar case happened in Noida, where a woman was scammed out of Rs 34 lakh, with the fraudsters threatening her with fake notices about a crime
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