<p>Mumbai: Cyber fraudsters posing as Delhi ATS and Jammu & Kashmir police personnel cheated an elderly woman from Mumbai of Rs 22 lakh after accusing her of spying for Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>This is the first case in the city of a cyber fraud using espionage as a guise to cheat people, an official claimed.</p>.<p>The 64-year-old woman, who lives at Girgaon in south Mumbai, approached South Region Cyber Police Station last week.</p>.<p>As per her complaint, she received three calls earlier this month from unidentified numbers.</p>.One dead, 6 injured in blast at pharma company's unit in Nagpur district.<p>The caller posed as "Delhi ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) officer Prem Kumar Gupta" and posted at "Jammu and Kashmir Border Police Station", the official said.</p>.<p>He told the woman that a case was registered against her for sharing sensitive information with Pakistan, he said.</p>.<p>The fraudster then threatened her saying she would face 10-year imprisonment for espionage along with a fine of Rs 50 lakh. He also shared a photo of his ID card with the woman on her phone to make her believe the claims, the official said.</p>.<p>Scared of arrest and other legal complications, the woman deposited Rs 22.4 lakh in various bank accounts, which were provided by the fraudster between June 5 and 10, he said.</p>.<p>The woman stopped getting the phone calls after she paid the money, and later realised she was cheated.</p>.<p>She lodged a complaint with the South Region Cyber police on June 13, based on which a case was registered against unidentified persons under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, the official said. </p>
<p>Mumbai: Cyber fraudsters posing as Delhi ATS and Jammu & Kashmir police personnel cheated an elderly woman from Mumbai of Rs 22 lakh after accusing her of spying for Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>This is the first case in the city of a cyber fraud using espionage as a guise to cheat people, an official claimed.</p>.<p>The 64-year-old woman, who lives at Girgaon in south Mumbai, approached South Region Cyber Police Station last week.</p>.<p>As per her complaint, she received three calls earlier this month from unidentified numbers.</p>.One dead, 6 injured in blast at pharma company's unit in Nagpur district.<p>The caller posed as "Delhi ATS (Anti-Terrorism Squad) officer Prem Kumar Gupta" and posted at "Jammu and Kashmir Border Police Station", the official said.</p>.<p>He told the woman that a case was registered against her for sharing sensitive information with Pakistan, he said.</p>.<p>The fraudster then threatened her saying she would face 10-year imprisonment for espionage along with a fine of Rs 50 lakh. He also shared a photo of his ID card with the woman on her phone to make her believe the claims, the official said.</p>.<p>Scared of arrest and other legal complications, the woman deposited Rs 22.4 lakh in various bank accounts, which were provided by the fraudster between June 5 and 10, he said.</p>.<p>The woman stopped getting the phone calls after she paid the money, and later realised she was cheated.</p>.<p>She lodged a complaint with the South Region Cyber police on June 13, based on which a case was registered against unidentified persons under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, the official said. </p>