Nagpur: A man was cheated more than RS40.64 lakh by a group of charmers who lured him by offering pre-wedding gifts, between September 2019 and November 2020.
It was studied, the reporter of Sushil Dewulwar was friends with one Sucita Das on a matrimonial site.
Das claimed to be a new resident of Jersey in the US.
After exchanging their details, the watershed showed interest in marrying sushil.
The police said Sushil was a priest while his brother, Sunil was a government employee posted in Chandrapur.
The waterson and accompanied by sushil by offering to send them cellphones, laptops, and $ 1 lakh as pre-wedding gifts, police said.
Sushil began receiving calls and letters from fraudsters who disguised themselves as customs and excise officials from the airport and other places.
They asked Sushil to deposit cash in a different bank account to clean gifts from a special department.
Sushil and her sister coughed a different amount before the fraudsters stopped contacting them.
A violation was registered at the Bellarodi police station against 17 people, including a watershed.