Fraudster siphons off ₹3.7 lakh from woman’s bank in her bid to sell furniture

A 26-year-old woman fell victim to an online fraud after a person siphoned off ₹3.77 lakh from her bank account under the pretext of making a payment to her for purchasing furniture worth ₹21,000 through an online portal, police said on Friday.

The incident came to light after the woman lodged a complaint at suburban Malad police station on Tuesday, an official said. The victim, who stays at a Slum Rehabilitation Authority’s (SRA) building, is an executive assistant in a petroleum company, he said.

The woman’s senior, a general manager of the company where the victim works, wanted to sell his furniture on an online marketplace. A cyber fraudster approached him on pretext of purchasing the furniture, he said.