Pune: Fraudsters posed as officials of the Data Protection Board of India (DPIB) to dupe an 82-year-old woman of Kothrud of Rs11.52 lakh.She lodged a complaint with the Alankar police on Sunday. The cheating took place between July 16 and 23 this year.Inspector Ulhas Kadam said, “The woman is a homemaker who lives alone. Her children are based in Pune and other parts of the country. Fraudsters video called her using a messaging application and took details of her bank accounts in the first call. They claimed her bank account has been used in a money laundering case which is jointly probed by the DPBI and CBI. They added that she had made threatening calls to several people to extort money from them, and have received multiple complaints against the same. They threatened to arrest her and also sent her a fake and fabricated arrest warrant”.“Later, the fraudsters offered to settle the case against her and asked her to pay them some money. The woman agreed used all her savings to transfer money into four bank accounts, provided by the fraudsters.” he added.The woman discussed the issue with her family members and they informed her about the fraud.
