Posing as CBI Officials, Fraudsters Con Female Lawyer of Rs 15 Lakh, Make Her to Strip on Cam

Bengaluru: A group of cyber fraudsters posed as CBI officials to extort money from a Bengaluru-based female lawyer, reported The Times of India. The victim was also asked to strip in front of a web camera by the fraudsters who also later threatened her.

According to the report, the woman received a call on April 3 from a person who claimed to be a staff of the Mumbai police department. The man said that 140 grams of narcotic drugs had arrived through FedEx from Thailand in her name. He later handed over the phone to another man who also claimed himself as a ‘higher official’ in the CBI. The man said that human trafficking along with money laundering cases had been registered against the lawyer.

He later asked her to act as per his directions to get out of the cases. She was then asked to switch her webcam on and share the screen with them. The woman was reportedly on calls with fraudsters for around 36 hours, and they even made her strip in front of the Cam in the name of ‘narcotic tests.’

She was persuaded to transfer Rs 10.7 lakh first and then another Rs 4 lakh using her credit card.

Even after that the fraudsters demanded another Rs 10 lakh and threatened to sell her nude clips on the dark web.

This alerted the woman, who put down the call and informed the police. Bengaluru police have registered a case under the Information Technology Act, extortion and cheating, and have started an investigation to track down the culprits.