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Of the six numbers the suspects contacted the woman from, five were Pakistani. After she realized she was duped of her life's savings, she approached the Sinhagad Road police on Thursday and lodged a complaint.Last July, the woman received a call from an unknown number. "We are probing whether the calls were made from Pakistan or if the suspects used Pakistani cellphone numbers here with international roaming facility," said an officer from the Sinhagad Road police.The probe has revealed that the woman deposited the money in different bank accounts in Delhi and Bihar, between July 2017 and May this year. "The caller had told her that he was a representative of the TV show and sent her pamphlets with photographs of the anchor and political leaders to gain her trust," assistant inspector Sachin Gawate said.A case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act. PUNE: A woman was duped by fraudsters to the tune of Rs3.28 lakh after she was told she had "won" a lucky draw The fraudsters, claiming to represent a popular television game show, contacted the woman - in her late 50s - and told her that she won a luxury SUV and Rs50 lakh in prize money.The cheats contacted her multiple times, asking her to deposit varying sums of money under the pretext of clearing government taxes..