Kanpur, March 18 A 60-year-old retired school teacher in Kanpur was allegedly defrauded of ₹1.57 crore in a sophisticated, multi-layered cyber scam, police said on Wednesday.
The fraudsters impersonated prominent global figures such as Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, American singer Josh Turner, and an associate of Elon Musk, Vishwakarma said.
The matter came to light when the victim, Allyson Weems, 60, a resident of Chakeri, registered an FIR on Monday, Cyber Crime Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Anjali Vishwakarma told
