Magistrate’s wife duped of ₹1.85 lakh in cyber fraud

According to the police, the victim, Sujata Hemant Satbhai, received a WhatsApp call from an unknown number on Friday. The caller allegedly posed as a bank official and spoke aggressively while convincing her to carry out certain steps on Google Pay.

MUMBAI: A case of cyber fraud has been registered after the wife of a magistrate court judge in Vasai was allegedly cheated of ₹1.85 lakh through an online scam.

Magistrate’s wife duped of ₹1.85 lakh in cyber fraud

According to the police, the victim, Sujata Hemant Satbhai, received a WhatsApp call from an unknown number on Friday. The caller allegedly posed as a bank official and spoke aggressively while convincing her to carry out certain steps on Google Pay.

Police said the caller instructed Satbhai to enter a so-called “Inter Amount Offer” code to authenticate her customer service number. Soon after she entered the code, her mobile phone allegedly became unresponsive for some time.

Before she could realise what had happened, ₹1.85 lakh had allegedly been transferred from her bank account to an unknown account.

Satbhai, who runs a construction business in Vasai, later approached the police and lodged a complaint.

Based on her statement, the police registered a case under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

“We are tracing the bank account to which the money was transferred,” said an officer from Vasai police station.