Hypothetical cases
Case 1:
A 40-year-old woman was duped of Rs74 lakh through online matrimonial fraud where the fraudster sent her a request on a popular Indian matrimonial site posing as a UK national of Indian origin. After proposing to marry her, he said he would be coming to Mumbai to meet her. However, she got a call from the fraudster, who told her that he was stuck at the Delhi Airport. A woman then came on phone and posed as a customs official and said that they have detained him for carrying excess US dollars. The woman demanded money for his bail. The victim did not realise that she is being conned and ended up paying Rs74 lakh. The man then cut off all communication with her, after which she realized that she had been duped. A case has been registered and an FIR has been registered in this regard.
Case 2:
Woman creates fake profile on matrimonial site, cheats Mumbai man of Rs23 lakh
A senior corporate professional was allegedly duped of ₹23.44 lakh by a woman he met through a matrimonial website on the pretext of paying for her father's medical treatment.
The 31-year-old complainant came across the woman's profile last year and sent her a request. She shared her mobile phone number and the two started texting and eventually calling each other. The complainant had asked the woman to meet him at least once, but she kept refusing to do so. According to the police, the complainant and woman agreed to meet each other on her birthday and she made him buy an iPhone. However, on her birthday, the woman cancelled the meeting, saying her father had been admitted to hospital. The woman got her mother, sister and father to request the complainant on the phone, which convinced him to send money online.
Citing her father's treatment, the woman took a total of ₹23.44 lakh, which includes the cost of the iPhone, through multiple transactions. While the complainant insisted on meeting the woman, the woman kept refusing initially later when the man threatened to file a complaint.she met him and to his surprise she was not as good-looking as shown in the online profile picture. The woman confessed for uploading fake photos as she wanted to lure someone who could pay for her father's treatment.
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