Mumbai: Woman tries to sell old sofa online, duped of Rs 92,000

A woman while trying to sell an old sofa online through an advertisement on an online marketplace was allegedly duped of Rs 92,000 by a cyber-fraudster who impersonated as a buyer and swindled the money from her mother-in-law’s bank account.

The woman, a resident of Chembur, is a homemaker and her husband runs a garment business. As per her complaint lodged on Sunday at the Chembur police station, on August 5, she gave an advertisement on OLX for selling her old sofa. The same day she received a phone call from the fraudster who said he ran a furniture shop in Andheri and wanted to buy her sofa.