India, Aug. 4 -- A 79-year-old woman from Kandivali was duped of Rs.21 lakh in an online puzzle game fraud by unidentified individuals who lured her with a reward of Rs.10 crore on winning. She was asked to pay a processing fee to claim the reward and after she paid the amount, the fraud told her the game was shut down and that the reward would not be transferred to her, said a police officer.

According to the police, the victim Kripa Rupanarayan Bhat, a resident of Charkop in Kandivali, came across an advertisement for a puzzle game in April this year and by mistake clicked the link in the advertisement, which led her to the game's website. She answered the puzzles on the site, after which an unidentified person approached her, informin...