'Tiger skin to CBI impersonation', a social activist was 'nearly' duped. Then started asking questions

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The supposed executive who answered then told her details of the alleged delivery a package containing tiger skins, an illegal trade item, with her delivery address..

News reports suggest, however, that this is not an isolated case.. Police across the country have been reportedly grappling with complaints of fake KYC, bank and loan recovery scams, and even sextortion the practice of extorting money from someone by threatening to reveal evidence of their sexual activity...

This new caller, whom she identifies in her police complaint as someone who introduced himself as Ram Mohan from Mumbais Marine Drive police station, allegedly asked her to download the once-popular video call app Skype..

Eventually, the caller allegedly began questioning her, repeatedly asking if she knew a person called Vipul Singh and even began allegedly threatening her with the Intelligence Bureaus involvement in the case.. I was told that I cannot talk to anyone..

She added that when she demanded that she be allowed to speak to someone senior, a man allegedly impersonating former Mumbai police commissioner and ex-CBI director Subodh Jaiswal joined the call, she claimed.. (He) told me to come to Bombay and (said) that I cant fly out of the country..