Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Pune Firm Loses Rs 30 Lakh in Teams Boss Scam
A company in Pune lost Rs 30 lakh in an online scam.
The scammer pretended to be one of the company’s directors.
They used a Microsoft Teams profile with the director’s name and appearance.
The fake director joined the company’s Teams group.
They told an employee to send money to a bank account.
The employee followed the instruction and made the transfer.
The company later learned that the real director had not sent the message.
Police are investigating who did it and where the money went.
A Pune-based engineering company lost Rs 30 lakh in an alleged cyber fraud.
The fraudster reportedly impersonated a company director on Microsoft Teams.
The impersonator entered the company’s Teams group and instructed an employee to transfer money.
The transfer was made to a specified bank account from the company’s premises in Bhosari’s Balajinagar.
Bhosari MIDC police registered an FIR and are tracing the suspect and the money.
- Who
- A Pune-based engineering company and an alleged fraudster impersonating one of its directors.
- What
- The company transferred Rs 30 lakh after receiving a fraudulent payment instruction on Microsoft Teams.
- When
- The articles do not specify the date of the incident.
- Where
- At the company’s premises in Balajinagar, Bhosari, Pune.
- Why
- The fraudster allegedly used the impersonated director’s identity to persuade an employee to transfer money.
- Reported loss
- Rs 30 lakh
- Fraud type
- Whale phishing, also called a boss scam
- Platform used
- Microsoft Teams
- Victim
- A Pune-based engineering company
- Police station
- Bhosari MIDC police station
- Transfer destination
- A bank account specified by the impersonator
- Investigation
- Police are trying to identify the suspect and trace the money