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Elderly woman loses 71 lakh in Delhi cyber scam impersonating police

Elderly woman loses 71 lakh in Delhi cyber scam impersonating police

What's behind this

An elderly woman in Delhi was targeted in a cyber scam in which the fraudsters pretended to be police, leading to a reported loss of 71 lakh according to one source, while another source states she lost ₹70,084. A Delhi consumer commission ordered the bank to refund the ₹70,084 and to pay ₹25,000 in compensation and costs.

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First reported by Livemint at 09:28 UTC on 15 Nov.

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Who did not run this

2 newsrooms ran this event. 21 others published in India recently and did not.

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  • ANI ANI Media
  • Business Standard Business Standard Ltd.
  • Deccan Chronicle Deccan Chronicle Holdings
  • Deccan Herald The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • Greater Kashmir GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Hindustan Times HT Media
  • Kashmir Life Kashmir Life
  • Livemint HT Media Ltd.
  • Mathrubhumi English Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co.
  • NE Now NE Now
  • OpIndia Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services Pvt. Ltd.
  • Organiser Bharatiya Prakashan (RSS)
  • Orissa Post Eastern Media Ltd (Sambad Group)
  • The Federal New Generation Media Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
  • The Hindu Kasturi & Sons Ltd.
  • The Indian Express Indian Express Group
  • The Morung Express
  • The National Herald The Associated Journals Ltd.
  • The New Indian Express Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
  • The Siasat Daily Siasat Daily
  • The Times of India Bennett, Coleman & Co.

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