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Parcel scamsters con Hyderabad retiree of his life savings

 

In yet another elaborate parcel scam, where the fraudsters posed as FedEx employees, a 66-year-old retiree from Hyderabad lost ₹20.20 lakh.  

A Skype video call from the Mumbai Cyber Crime Branch to a call from the Financial Department of the Mumbai Police and a letter with an emblem of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) were staged to trap the man into the scam.  

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