Cybercrime police have blocked and retrieved Rs 9,30,000 from the bank account of an online fraud victim.
According to the police, a 39-year-old resident of Somajiguda was contacted by a fraudster posing as a Mumbai crime branch official via phone calls and Skype.
The man alleged that a FedEx courier booked in the name of the victim, from Mumbai to Taiwan contained fake passports and drugs. He threatened the victim to pay in the name of account verification and managed to extort a sum of Rs 10,70,000 from him.