Mumbai Cyber Fraud: Father-Daughter Duo Loses ₹11.93 Lakh In Fake Medical Insurance Scam; Case Registered

Mumbai: A father-daughter duo, both senior citizens, lost Rs 11.93 lakh to cyber fraudsters, who trapped the 65-year-old woman under the pretext of providing medical insurance to her father.

According to the FIR, the 90-year-old father is a doctor, while his daughter has retired as a professor from a Sweden varsity. On March 19, R Kaul from Versova got a call from an unknown number and the caller identified himself as Kuldeep Shriwastak from the ONGC office located in Bandra East. He told her that the medical insurance coverage of her father, Dr C Kaul, had not been approved yet.

When she asked what needed to be done, the scammer instructed her to download a 'customer support' app, assuring that her father would receive Rs 10 lakh worth of medical coverage.

Later, the fraudster asked the professor to transfer Rs 1.93 lakh, saying the same would be refunded. Two days later, when her father checked his account, he was shocked to see that Rs 10 lakh had been transferred to a suspicious account.