India, April 10 -- A 52-year-old lawyer from Vasai West has lost Rs.50 lakh to cyber frauds who impersonated Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers and claimed that she had been placed under digital arrest. The lawyer paid the frauds via multiple RTGS transactions over eight days till she realised she was being duped. Four unidentified persons have been booked for defrauding her based on her complaint, said police.

According to the police, on March 25, the lawyer received a call from an unidentified number. The caller claimed to be a CBI officer and told the woman that a mobile number had been obtained using her Aadhaar details and obscene messages had been sent from that number. She was also told that a bank account had been ope...