{
  "id": 2693735,
  "title": "Mumbai Cyber Fraud: 31-Year-Old Mulund Man Duped Of Over ₹9 Lakh In Google Meet KYC Scam By Fraudsters Posing As UAE Officials",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/mumbai-cyber-fraud-31-year-old-mulund-man-duped-of-over-9-lakh-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T01:26:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-cyber-fraud-31-year-old-mulund-man-duped-of-over-9-lakh-in-google-meet-kyc-scam-by-fraudsters-posing-as-uae-officials"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 31-year-old Dubai-based shipping manager, Nirav Mitesh Thakkar, has been duped of over ₹9 lakh in a Google Meet KYC scam orchestrated by fraudsters posing as UAE officials. The incident occurred on August 18 when Thakkar received a fraudulent audio call through Google Meet from an email address claiming to be from a UAE federal authority. The caller informed Thakkar that Dubai’s rules had changed and requested him to update his KYC. Thakkar complied and provided sensitive information, including his passport, bank account, debit and credit card, phone, and insurance details. Following the call, the scammers demanded an additional payment, leading Thakkar to realize he had been duped. He promptly contacted Emirates NBD Bank, reported the fraud, and blocked his cards. Thakkar also reported the incident to the Dubai police through the Dubai police app and subsequently approached the Mulund police.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}