New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- A 66-year-old Hong Kong woman fell prey to scammers who wiped around HK$2.7 million (approximately Rs.3.27 crore) from her bank account. The woman, a resident of Sau Mau Ping, told police on Saturday that she had received a phone call earlier in October from a scammer who claimed that she had been involved in money laundering, the South China Morning Post reported.

The scammer told the 66-year-old that the account she used to purchase insurance online was under scrutiny over suspected illicit financial transactions. The caller then convinced her to transfer funds into designated bank accounts for investigation purposes.

Oblivious to the fact that the caller was a scammer, the woman transferred money into one of the...