Mumbai: 42-year-old woman falls for cyber frauds’ ‘gift’ offer, loses Rs 7.5L

A 42-YEAR-OLD woman, wife of a BEST bus driver, was duped of Rs 7.5 lakh by her ‘American friend’ she met on Instagram. The woman, a resident of Chunabhatti, approached the police earlier this week following which an FIR has been registered against three persons, including a woman, for duping the victim identified as Savita Khune, a homemaker.

An officer said that on September 22, Khune met one ‘Ignatius Enweyne’ on Instagram and the duo became friends. Enweyne told her that he was a US citizen and had his own business. The duo would chat regularly. Then on September 25, he told her that he was sending her a gift. While the woman refused to accept the gift, he told her that it had already been dispatched.