Goa, April 25 -- A woman from Canacona, Goa, was defrauded of Rs 3 lakh by scammers who posed as officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). According to the Canacona police, the woman lodged a complaint describing how the fraudsters tricked her into transferring the large sum of money via RTGS in order to obtain a supposed "clearance certificate" from the CBI.

The scammers informed the woman that a phone number registered in her name had been used for illegal activities, including human trafficking. To make the scam appear legitimate, the fraudsters sent her a WhatsApp message claiming that illegal bank transactions had been carried out using her identity. They then gave...