Mumbai, July 16: A businesswoman in Mumbai's Dadar was allegedly scammed for INR 5.88 crore by unknown people who convinced her about a drug parcel they sent in her name. The incident took place between March 30 and April 5. The 47-year-old woman has lodged a complaint with police's cybercrime department. The officials have registered a case and are tracking the call record to find the accused individuals. 

According to a report by The Indian Express, police officials stated that someone posing as a courier company executive called the woman. The caller claimed a package sent in her name to Iran had MDMA drugs inside. The caller connected her with someone pretending to be from Mumbai's cyber cell. One of the fraudsters also posed as a senior IPS officer and Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner, Milind Bharambe, and they had a Skype meeting with her. Online Fraud in Mumbai: Man Promised Winning Team That Could Earn Him Crores on Rupees on Dream11, Duped of Rs 70,000.

Following this, the scammers also convinced her that she was required to obtain a clearance certificate to prove she wasn't involved in sending the package. They also warned that disclosing information under the new National Security Act could lead to her being detained for questioning. Cyber Scam in Mumbai: Senior Citizen From Mulund Loses Rs 8.6 Lakh to Fraudster While Trying To Buy US Dollars, Case Registered.

The fraudster then asked her to transfer funds to a bank account to clear her name for a money laundering case associated with the package, assuring her that the money would be deposited in an RBI account and refunded once the case was resolved. 

The fraudsters convinced the woman to transfer INR 5.88 crore in nine transactions. When she didn't hear back, she told her husband, a financial advisor. Together, they approached the central cyber police station and filed a complaint. “We have registered a case and are tracking the transaction trails to find the culprits. We are also analysing call data records and Skype IP addresses to locate them,” an officer was quoted as saying. The police stated that the money was withdrawn from different Punjab and other northern state's bank accounts.

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