A 29-year-old assistant vice-president of a bank, became the latest victim of an online scam, losing Rs 3.93 lakh after falling for the lure of claiming Rs 47 lakh crypto currency in her account. The Vanrai police has registered a case under various sections of the IPC including the IT Act.

As per the statement given to the police, last year, in the month of December, the complainant received a call from a person who posed as an official of  an international courier service company and informed her that she had sent a parcel to Taiwan and it was found that it contained drugs (MD) and it had been seized at the airport. As she had not sent any parcel she lodged a complaint on the cyber crime portal.