India, Oct. 26 -- A 78-year-old resident of Bengaluru's JP Nagar area has approached the Cyber Crime Police after receiving a fraudulent parcel allegedly dispatched by a Delhi-based company that has been tricking people across India through fake Cash on Delivery (COD) shipments.

The incident took place on October 11, when the man received a package addressed to his daughter from a well-known courier service. Inside was a 90-gram Korean peel-off face mask priced at Rs.699. When he checked with his daughter, she confirmed that she had not ordered any such item, said a report by The Hindu.

Sensing something suspicious, the senior citizen visited the courier company's Puttenahalli branch, where he learned that the parcel had been sent from ...