India, May 27 -- A well-planned attempt to dupe senior revenue officials by impersonating Mumbai City Collector and District Magistrate Aanchal Goyal was foiled after alert officers quickly identified the fraud and informed the police.

The MRA Marg police have registered an FIR against unidentified persons for cheating and attempting to commit serious offences after several revenue department officials received WhatsApp messages from a mobile number displaying the photograph and name of Mumbai City Collector Aanchal Sood Goyal.

According to the police, the frauds claimed that the Collector was facing issues with her online banking application and urgently needed money transferred for an "ongoing project", assuring the officers that the ...