India, Aug. 11 -- A retired woman in Mangaluru was duped out of Rs.3.9 crore by cyber fraudsters who falsely accused her of sending MDMA to China and convinced her she was under "digital arrest," police said.

The scammers posed as officials from the General Post Office and law enforcement agencies and extorted her over a span of seven months, Indian Express reported.

According to the report, the woman, a widow in her sixties who had previously lived and worked overseas with her husband, had settled in Mangaluru a few years ago. Since her husband passed away last year, she had been living alone. According to police sources, the scammers targeted her vulnerability and isolation with precision.

The fraud began on January 15, when the woma...