A 45-year-old accountant was duped to the tune of Rs 2.8 lakh on the pretext of getting a personal loan of Rs 12 Lakh on his insurance policy.

The accountant, a resident of Malad works with a private firm in Khar. On July 7, he received a call from a woman named Priya Sharma from Delhi who introducing herself as the employee of a nationalised bank. She told the victim that he would get a personal loan of R12 lakh on his two insurance policies.