Updated On: 11 April, 2023 03:52 PM IST | Gurugram | PTI
The fraudster said that he would send the package to the woman if she paid him Rs 35,000. After Kapagunta paid the money, she received a call from another person posing as an airport authority official and asked to pay a penalty of Rs 1 lakh, police said

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A 61-year-old woman here was allegedly duped of Rs 2 crore on the pretext of custom clearance by a man she befriended on social media, police said.
Sunita Kapagunta, in her complaint, alleged that in December 2022 she received a follow request from a person who introduced himself as a British Airways' pilot, police said.
"On December 5, he said he had a surprise package with gift items like i-phone, artificial jewellery, watch, accessories and cash and asked for my address and phone number," she said in her complaint.