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The fraudster allegedly demanded Indian currency to “buy a flight ticket to come to India” to visit the woman
The racket was came to light during a health awareness camp at the migrant colony in Varthur when few victims approached him with their woes, following a complaint was filed.
A 69-year-old woman in Mumbai’s Andheri (West) has been duped of Rs 65,000 by a fraudster posing as Canadian actor and musician Keanu Reeves, police said.
According to a First Information Report (FIR) registered on Monday, the fraudster posed as Keanu Reeves to befriend the elderly, who lives alone in Versova, on social media.
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The fraudster allegedly demanded Indian currency to “buy a flight ticket to come to India” to visit the woman, Indian Express reported.
The FIR further stated that the victim’s daughter, who lives in London with her family, came to know about the matter as she has access to her mother’s emails due to latter’s deteriorating mental health issues.
The daughter said that she had received a bank notification on her mother’s email about a NEFT transaction of Rs 65,000 on June 30 to a bank account of an unknown person, Asha Nahar, from Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
In her complaint, the daughter said, “As we do not know anyone by the name Asha Nahar, I called my mother and inquired about the transaction and the person to whom she transferred money using NEFT. She revealed that she befriended the Hollywood actor on Instagram and during the chat he asked her to transfer money for his India visit. The person asked to transfer the money using NEFT.”
She further stated that her mother also told her about the other messages that was shared with the fraudster such as photos of her bank passbook pages, deposit slip, passport.
Following this, the daughter filed a complaint on the basis of which the police registered a case under sections 66C (identity theft) and 66D (cheating by personation using computer resource) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and criminal offences of cheating under Section 318(4) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
“The team is gathering information about the accused who have used @keanu_reeves4576 and sent a friend request to the senior citizen. Also, the accused used a fake international mobile number that showed he was from New York to chat with her. The team is gathering the internet protocol (IP) address and also the bank account holder details at Dehradun where the money was credited,” a Versova police officer told Times of India.
September 10, 2025, 10:52 IST
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