Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, two women from the city have been cheated of Rs. 44,79,181.52 by online fraudsters. Cyber, Economics and Narcotic Crimes (CEN) Police have registered the cases.
In the first case, Navya (name changed), a resident of Gokulam has lost a total of Rs. 20,73,297 to the fraud racket.
Navya, who had issues with her insurance policy, was searching for the company’s customer care number on Google. On May 5, Navya got a call from Mob: 95996-63021 and the Truecaller App identified the number as that from ‘Bima Lokpal.’
Navya received the call and the caller on the other end introduced himself as Doli Surjith Kumar from Bharti AXA Insurance company and even shared his identity card. He then told Navya to raise a complaint about the issues she was facing with her insurance policy and share the same on his WhatsApp number.
Navya, who raised the complaint, sent the same to Doli’s WhatsApp number on May 7, stating that she had paid Rs. 60,000 and odd amount towards insurance policy. Subsequently, Doli asked her to deposit Rs. 20,000 to claim the excess money she had paid for the insurance policy.
Unsuspecting Navya deposited Rs. 20,000 to the bank account as per Doli’s instruction. But on May 8, she received a call from one Manisha Jadhav, who told her to deposit Rs. 45,736, which she obliged. Navya again received a call on May 14 and was told to deposit Rs. 1 lakh as stamp fee. In all, Navya had deposited a total of Rs. 20,07,561 .
Navya was again told to pay 30 percent agent commission and when she asked the caller to deposit the excess payment she had made, she was told to wait for 90 days.
Realising that she has been cheated she called the Cyber Crime Helpline number 1930 and lodged a complaint.
In the second case, Rs. 24,05,884.52 has been withdrawn from the bank account of Manjula (name changed), a resident of Kuvempunagar, without her knowledge.
In her complaint, she has stated that she had withdrawn cash from her account in June last year. When she went on May 12 this year to Canara Bank, Kuvempunagar Branch to withdraw cash for her daily expenditure, she was told by the Bank manager that there was insufficient balance in her bank account.
Later, when Manjula went through her bank account statement, she found that from Feb. 15, 2026 till Apr. 9, the amount had been transferred to unknown persons and the Bank Manager said that a total of Rs. 24,05,884 had been transferred in total.
Manjula immediately called Cyber Crime Helpline number 1930 and lodged a complaint. When CEN Police inspected her mobile phone, it was found that an APK file was installed on her mobile phone and later deleted.
CEN Police, who have registered a case are investigating.
This post was published on May 15, 2026 5:42 pm