{
  "id": 17645449,
  "title": "Mumbai Cyber Fraud: Kanjurmarg Retiree Loses ₹15.28 Lakh In Sextortion Scam After Accepting Facebook Friend Request",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/mumbai-cyber-fraud-kanjurmarg-retiree-loses-15-28-lakh-in-sextortion",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-01T16:41:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-cyber-fraud-kanjurmarg-retiree-loses-1528-lakh-in-sextortion-scam-after-accepting-facebook-friend-request"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A 63-year-old retiree from Kanjurmarg East, Maharashtra, allegedly lost ₹15.28 lakh to cyber fraudsters after accepting a friend request on Facebook. The fraudsters used a fake female profile, Kajal Sharma, to communicate with the victim. They eventually persuaded him to appear nude on camera and recorded an obscene video call. The accused then contacted the victim, demanding money under various pretexts, including deleting the video from YouTube. The fraudsters obtained the victim's Aadhaar, PAN, and bank details, and transferred the money despite the threats. Police registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: A 63-year-old retired man from Kanjurmarg East has allegedly been cheated of Rs15.28 lakh by cyber fraudsters who trapped him in a sextortion racket after sending him a Facebook friend request using a fake female profile. The accused allegedly recorded an obscene video call, threatened to circulate the footage on social media and later impersonated police officers and YouTube officials to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}