A 46-year-old housewife from Indiranagar, Bengaluru, was deceived out of over Rs 30 lakh by scammers impersonating officials from the CBI and Mumbai police. The fraudsters tricked her into thinking she was involved in a criminal case and threatened her with arrest unless she complied. She was convinced to break several Fixed Deposits and transfer large amounts of money to them. It wasn’t until several days later, after seeing a news article about a similar scam, that she realized she had been targeted and approached the police.