Mumbai: Virtual ‘brother’ promises Raksha Bandhan gift, dupes woman of Rs 8.20 lakh

A cyber-fraudster impersonated a surgeon from London on Instagram and cheated a 22-year-old woman of Rs 8.20 lakh by saying she was like his sister and he was sending her a gift for Raksha Bandhan by courier.

An FIR was registered in the matter by the Dahisar police station on Friday last week. The complainant, who works as a sales executive, said she got a friend request on Instagram from the handle ‘doctor.kzamesjayden’ on August 1. She accepted the friend request on August 5 after which the two started chatting. The fraudster told her he was a surgeon in London and after chatting for a while, they exchanged phone numbers and started speaking on WhatsApp.