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Trending·4 sources·Updated 48m ago

Woman Arrested at BIA Over WhatsApp Gift Parcel Scam

A 46-year-old woman has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) over an alleged online financial scam in which a victim was deceived into transferring more than Rs. 1.45 million after being promised a valuable gift parcel.

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Image: Asian MirrorAsian Mirror•48m agoWoman Arrested at BIA Over WhatsApp Gift Parcel Scam

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Hiru News - English•1h agoNugegoda woman arrested at Katunayake Airport over Rs 1.45 million WhatsApp gift scamNewsWire English•1h agoWoman arrested over Rs. 1.45 million WhatsApp gift scamAda Derana•4h agoWoman arrested at BIA over Rs. 1.45 million WhatsApp gift sca

Summary

Following a complaint lodged over the alleged fraud, the North Western Provincial Unit of the Computer Crime Investigation Division launched an investigation into the incident. The arrested woman has been identified as a 46-year-old resident of Nugegoda. The North Western Provincial Unit of the Computer Crime Investigation Division is conducting further investigations.

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Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

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  • Computer Crime Investigation Division4
  • Police Media Division2
  • North Western Province Computer Crime Investigation Unit
  • North Western Provincial Unit
  • Provincial Unit of
  • Asian Mirror
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  • Nugegoda4
  • Bandaranaike International Airport3
  • North Western Province2
  • BIA2
  • Katunayake Airport
  • Katunayake
Keywords
  • arrested4
  • whatsapp4
  • woman4
  • gift4
  • million3
  • over3
  • scam3
  • transferring
  • passenger
  • deceived

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First reported
Oct 31, 6:59 AM
Latest update
Oct 31, 10:25 AM

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