Thane man loses Rs 6.33 lakh in online dating fraud - The Tribune India

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Thane, October 16

A 48-year-old bundle technologist from Maharashtra's Thane metropolis allegedly mislaid Rs 6.33 lakh successful an online dating fraud, constabulary said connected Sunday.

On May 24 this year, the antheral received a connection connected his mobile telephone from a fig offering online dating.

When helium called up the number, the idiosyncratic connected the different broadside identified himself arsenic Deepak and asked him to wage Rs 38,200 for creating his illustration online.

Later, connected aggregate occasions, the accused made the unfortunate allegedly wage a full sum of Rs 6,33,626 connected immoderate pretext oregon the other, an authoritative from Chitalsar constabulary presumption said quoting the man's complaint.

When the accused did not get immoderate effect to his calls aft paying the money, helium filed the constabulary complaint.

Based connected the complaint, the constabulary registered a lawsuit connected Friday against the accused nether provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act, the authoritative said, adding that nary apprehension has been made truthful far. 

The constabulary are conducting a probe into the case, helium said. 

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