Navi Mumbai: 55-Year-Old Badlapur Woman Loses ₹11 Lakh To Fake Telecom Scam Linked To False Porn Accusations

Mumbai: A 55-year-old woman lost Rs 11 lakh after the scammers trapped her in the digital arrest scam by falsely accusing her of circulating porn.

According to the police, the Badlapur resident had received a call from the fraud, who posed as an executive of a telecom company. The caller told her that her SIM was being used to spread porn.

On October 16, fake cops told the woman that her name has cropped up in a money laundering case and that an arrest warrant has been issued against her, said the police. They induced her to transfer money on pretext of scrutiny by the Income Tax department, while promising to return it after checks.