Woman loses Rs 4 lakh in cyber fraud involving fake police call in Karnataka

SHIVAMOGGA: A 23-year-old woman was duped of Rs 4 lakh by fraudsters who posed as police officers from Mumbai investigating a supposed international parcel scam.

According to the complaint filed by the victim, the incident occurred on November 4, when she received a call from an unknown number. The caller claimed to be from FedEx and informed her that a parcel in her name, containing a laptop, five credit cards, and 420 grams of MDMA, was being sent from Mumbai to Iran.