India, Feb. 20 -- A 74-year-old Cuffe Parade resident was cheated to the tune of Rs.50.8 lakh by a cyber fraud who posed as a doctor from New Zealand and claimed to be working with the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in Yemen. The police said the fraud befriended the senior citizen through social media and asked for the money claiming he needed it for emergency surgeries to save the life of his minor daughter.

According to the south cyber police, the case has been registered based on a complaint by the victim, a Cuffe-Parade resident, who lost her husband in July 2024 and lives alone. The police said the woman's expenses are taken care of by the investments made by her husband.

The police said the fraud began in the first week of...