Lucknow, Oct. 16 -- A 65-year-old retired government employee in Lucknow fell victim to a cyber fraud and lost Rs 12.05 lakh after being threatened and manipulated by scammers posing as officers from a government investigation agency, police said on Wednesday.
The fraudsters used a fake narrative around a so-called "Operation Sindoor" and alleged terror funding from Pakistan to trap the elderly man and his family.
Narendra Kumar Maurya, a resident of Saleh Nagar, Dilkusha Bungalow Market area, received a call on September 30 around 11 a.m. from an unknown person. The caller claimed that a secret operation, "Operation Sindoor," had uncovered suspicious transactions from Pakistan into Maurya's bank account, and demanded account details for ...