Fraudsters dupe Dadar businesswoman of Rs 5.88 crore with fake drug parcel story

A 47-year-old businesswoman from Dadar has filed a complaint with the cyber police after allegedly being duped of Rs 5.88 crore by unknown individuals by convincing her about a parcel of drugs sent in her name.

According to police, the incident took place between March 30 and April 5 when someone purporting to be an executive from a courier company called the woman and told her that a package sent to Iran in her name contained MDMA drugs.

The caller then connected her with an accomplice posing as a Mumbai cyber cell personnel. One of the fraudsters even impersonated senior IPS officer and Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe, and conducted a Skype meeting with her.