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Pune: A vehicle spare parts businessman (33) was allegedly duped of Rs6.2 lakh by a woman posing as an IAS officer as well as a gynaecologist in an online matrimonial fraud since Oct 31 last year. The businessman on Wednesday registered a complaint with the Wanowrie police in this regard.
The victim initially filed a complaint application with the city cybercrime police, and after verification, an FIR relating to cheating was registered. According to police, the businessman uploaded his profile on a matrimonial site. "He contacted a woman who claimed to be a gynaecologist and expressed interest in her profile.
The duo then shared their profiles and started chatting on social media," an officer from Wanowrie police said. "The woman told him about her parents, who were also doctors and had passed away during Covid. She also mentioned that her married brother and sisters were also doctors.
Initially, the woman lured the victim to transfer Rs12,000 urgently with the promise that she would repay the money by Nov 10. The businessman, however, did not give her the money," he said. Later, the woman expressed interest in his marriage proposal.
She then informed him she was selected as an IAS officer by securing AIR 451 in the UPSC exam. "She also claimed that she was appointed as an assistant collector of Chinchwada in Indore, where she was undergoing training," the officer said. The woman then sent him the examination result and a parcel of 2kg of sweets to show that she was an IAS officer.
"This helped the woman gain the businessman's confidence. She wooed him into transferring Rs6.2 lakh to her in 60 transactions.
The businessman also sent her an iPhone worth Rs70,000. The victim later realised he was tricked after the woman stopped communicating with him and switched off her phone," he added. Pune: A vehicle spare parts businessman (33) was allegedly duped of Rs6.
2 lakh by a woman posing as an IAS officer as well as a gynaecologist in an online matrimonial fraud since Oct 31 last year. The businessman on Wednesday registered a complaint with the Wanowrie police in this regard. The victim initially filed a complaint application with the city cybercrime police, and after verification, an FIR relating to cheating was registered.
According to police, the businessman uploaded his profile on a matrimonial site. "He contacted a woman who claimed to be a gynaecologist and expressed interest in her profile. The duo then shared their profiles and started chatting on social media," an officer from Wanowrie police said.
"The woman told him about her parents, who were also doctors and had passed away during Covid. She also mentioned that her married brother and sisters were also doctors. Initially, the woman lured the victim to transfer Rs12,000 urgently with the promise that she would repay the money by Nov 10.
The businessman, however, did not give her the money," he said. Later, the woman expressed interest in his marriage proposal. She then informed him she was selected as an IAS officer by securing AIR 451 in the UPSC exam.
"She also claimed that she was appointed as an assistant collector of Chinchwada in Indore, where she was undergoing training," the officer said. The woman then sent him the examination result and a parcel of 2kg of sweets to show that she was an IAS officer. "This helped the woman gain the businessman's confidence.
She wooed him into transferring Rs6.2 lakh to her in 60 transactions. The businessman also sent her an iPhone worth Rs70,000.
The victim later realised he was tricked after the woman stopped communicating with him and switched off her phone," he added..
