A 58-year-old college professor from Mumbai was duped into paying Rs 1 lakh by a man posing as a police official. The scammer falsely claimed that her son had been detained in a case, prompting the professor to pay the funds to supposedly ensure her son's release.

The incident happened on Tuesday, while the professor was at her institution in Juhu, Mumbai. According to one official, she received a call during her lunch break from someone purporting to be police inspector Vijay Kumar. The caller informed her about her son's alleged detention, causing her to seek to reach him, albeit unsuccessfully, reported PTI.