India, April 7 -- An 87-year-old retired civic doctor was searching online for contact details of the civic body's pest-control when she inadvertently called a scammer who cheated her of Rs.16 lakh. An FIR was registered at the West Cyber Police Station on Friday against the unidentified woman.

The complainant retired in 1997 as a doctor in BMC. She lives in a residential society in Linking Road in Khar (West) and was looking for pest control measures for her society that fell in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s H West ward. On December 20, 2024, after searching for contacts on Google, she called a number to inquire, which was answered by a woman. The complainant was asked to pay Rs.50 to register and told that she need not...