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NASHIK: Cybercrime police of Nashik Rural swung into action promptly to save a firm based in Dindori , 30 km from Nashik, of losing Rs 46.77 lakh that it had paid online to an account created by a fraudster. Suspicious, the company alerted police.API Tushar Adhavoo of the cybercrime branch of rural police said directors of the Dindori company contacted the Chinese firm and were told that no transfer had happened. The Chinese firm had given the Dindori company an account number where money was to be transferred.However, on June 27, a conman yet unidentified created a fake email account in the name of the Chinese company. The payment of Rs 46.77 lakh, the conman said over email, was to be deposited in another account.After the Dindori company made the online payment through Yes Bank on June 28, it waited for confirmation from China, which never came. The Chinese officials told them that it could be a case of online fraud.Directors of the Dindori company rushed to cybercrime police to lodge a complaint on July 4..