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Foreign gift: Rs. 9.21 lakh swindled from city doctor

Mysuru: A case has been registered at the Mysuru City Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station after a fraudster, posing as a Customs Officer, duped a doctor from Vidyanagar of…

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Published December 28, 2024 · 1 min read
foreign gift: rs. 9.21 lakh sw

Mysuru: A case has been registered at the Mysuru City Cyber Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police Station after a fraudster, posing as a Customs Officer, duped a doctor from Vidyanagar of Rs. 9.21 lakh. The scam unfolded four months ago when the con artist befriended the doctor and claimed that a valuable gift was being sent from London.

Soon after, the doctor received a call from another number, purportedly from the Customs Office, demanding payment of taxes for the parcel's release.

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