Pune: A retired govt school teacher (63) from Bhor lost Rs 22,500 in an online insurance fraud on June 20.The woman lodged an online complaint against an unknown cyber crook. An officer from the Pune Rural police said according to the complainant, she received a call from an unknown number on June 20. “The caller told her that her husband’s insurance policy has matured and she would be getting Rs 12,500 as the first instalment of the maturity amount,” the officer said. He said the woman believed the caller as he shared all the details about her husband.After some time, she received a message about the transfer of Rs 10,000 to her bank account and another message of the transfer of Rs 2,500. “The person again called her and told her that he mistakenly transferred Rs 25,000 to her instead of Rs 2,500. He requested the return of the remaining Rs 22,500. The woman did not suspect anything and transferred the amount through an UPI transaction,” he said.The officer said the person again called her and requested the transfer of Rs 15,000 to him by claiming that he was hospitalised and promised to return it soon. “The woman, however, became suspicious and did not respond to him. When she checked her bank account, she found that she did not receive Rs 12,500, but end up transferring Rs 22,500 to an unknown caller,” the officer said.
