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Scammer poses as Delhi Crime Branch officer, dupes Mumbai sr citizen of Rs 28 lakhs

Mumbai, Apr 28 (UNI) A 77-year-old man was scammed out of Rs 28.7 lakh by a person posing as a Delhi crime branch officer, police said here on Monday.
According to a complaint lodged at the cyber cell of Thane police, the scammer claimed the complainant was implicated in a money laundering case and persuaded him to transfer funds for transaction verification.
The complainant, a Dombivli resident, received a WhatsApp call on April 6 from someone claiming to be a crime branch officer. The caller told him he was linked to a money laundering investigation involving a businessman and was a beneficiary in the case.
The scammer instructed the complainant to share his bank details and transferred Rs 28.7 lakh across multiple accounts between April 6 and 9. After discussing the incident with his daughter, the complainant realised he had been scammed and reported it to the police.
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