A 58-year-old college professor was duped of Rs 1 lakh by a man posing as a police inspector who claimed her son had been detained in a case. The incident took place on Tuesday, when the professor was in college in Juhu, the official said, reported news wire PTI.

"During lunch break, she received a call from an unidentified number. The caller identified himself as police inspector Vijay Kumar and said her son was detained in a case. The woman tried reaching her son on his phone but could not. To bail out her son, she transferred Rs 1 lakh into the accounts provided by the fraudsters," PTI reported quoting an official.