Pune: A 37-year-old woman HR Manager with a private company lost Rs 62 lakh for a man he encountered online through the Matrimonial website.
The man told the woman that she had sent her gift.
After transferring RS 62 Lakh for a month, the woman realized that she had been cheated and on Saturday she filed a complaint to the police Wakad.
“The man proposed a marriage and after checking his profile, the woman accepted its proposal,” said an officer from Police Wakad.
The cheater then told the complainant that he would come to India in January 2022 to meet him and have sent him a gift.
“Later, the woman received a call from someone, who told him to pay RS32,000 as a courier fee for the parcel.
He paid it online to the bank account number,” the police said.
The next day, a woman, who posed as a customs official told her that there were 80,000 pounds in the Parcel and she needed to pay a fine to receive foreign currency in India.
“From December 9, 2021 to January 14, he transferred RS62 Lakh to various bank accounts sent to him,” he said.
“We have registered a case under the 419 section (cheating on personation), 420 (cheating) from the Indian Criminal Code (IPC) and the relevant parts of the Information and Technology Law,” he added.