Mumbai: Online fraudster poses as mobile company executive, dupe woman of Rs 50,000

A 19-year-old woman, who was facing a network issue in her mobile phone, was tricked into transferring Rs 50,000 from her father’s bank account by a cyber-fraudster who impersonated as an executive of a mobile network service provider and offered to help her solve the issue.

The 43-year-old complainant, a Vasai resident, works in a finance company. Two months ago, he got his daughter a new SIM card. But for two months she was facing mobile network issues and her father had Tweeted about the issue to the mobile network service provider seeking their help.