A shocking incident has come to light that a woman in Mumbai was duped out of lakhs on the dating app Tinder. Interestingly, this woman, who had already lost INR 3.37 lakh, was going to be cheated of another INR 5 lakh. But due to the vigilance of only one bank employee, the said woman avoided a big loss. But, it is difficult to get back the INR 3.37 lakhs lost earlier to this woman and further investigation has been started based on the complaint lodged with the police.
What exactly happened to the woman?
The victim met the cheater on the dating app Tinder. As per the report by the Times of India, the victim is a 43-year-old architect who lives in Mumbai. The accused tricked the woman by saying his name was 'Advait'. While telling his identity on Tinder, he told the woman that he was abroad and would come to India on September 16. Meanwhile, on the day of the accused's arrival in India i.e. on September 16, the woman received a phone call. The person said on the phone call that he is talking to the Delhi Customs Officer and Advait has been detained with a large amount of Euros. Realising that the woman was scared, the person on the call asked for an immediate UPI transfer of 3 lakh 37 thousand rupees for the release of Advait. Accordingly, the woman immediately transferred that amount.
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But this did not satisfy the accused. Due to the possibility of getting more, the accused demanded another 4 lakh 99 thousand rupees from the woman over the phone. The woman was ready to transfer. But when the woman tried to transfer the amount from the bank account, an alert bank official suspected something was wrong. He immediately alerted the woman saying that this could be a scam. So the woman immediately ran to the police and narrated the whole incident.
Case filed at the police station
Based on the woman's complaint, the police have registered a case of fraud in the Versova police station. A case has been registered against an unknown person in this regard, and the police are investigating accordingly. Therefore, due to the intervention of a bank employee, the victim woman was prevented from transferring more money.