Sri Lanka, Nov. 24 -- A retired Sri Lankan judge has become one of the latest victims of an international online fraud ring that has been operating for more than two years, officials confirmed.

The criminals had infiltrated her bank account and defrauded her of nearly Rs. 400,000 by posing as the Sri Lanka Postal Department and inducing her to make an online payment for a purported parcel.

According to investigations, the fraudsters send SMS alerts claiming that a package has arrived through the Postal Department and requesting the recipient to pay a small fee-usually less than Rs. 100-through an online payment link. Once the victim enters their bank details, the scammers gain unauthorized access to the account and convert the stolen mo...