Bangalore Crime News: Con ‘bride’ extorts Rs 1.1 crore from UK-based techie after video call | Bengaluru News – Times of India
According to police, Sunny (name changed), 41, a resident of KR Puram, who was working in the United Kingdom, came to Bengaluru for training purposes. He wanted to get married and registered himself with a matrimonial website. A woman with a fake profile befriended him on the site. After exchanging messages for a few days, the duo shared their mobile phone numbers. The woman evinced interest in marrying Sunny and told him that her father was dead, and she was living with her mother. On July 2, she called him over the phone and borrowed Rs 1,500 from him citing her mother’s medical emergency.
She made a video call to him around 12am on July 4. She allegedly removed her clothes as she spoke to Sunny and recorded the call without his knowledge. She later sent the clip to him, threatening to share it with his parents. Sunny transferred over Rs 1,14,00,000 to two bank accounts and four mobile numbers the woman provided.
Sunny told police that he got to know her real name only after he started paying money to her account. As she continued to blackmail him for more money, he lodged a police complaint. “We have taken up the case under the Information Technology Act and are making efforts to trace the accused. She must have created a profile with a fake name with the sole intention of extorting money from people,” a senior officer said.
S Girish, deputy commissioner of police (Whitefield), said: “We have managed to freeze about Rs 84 lakh in the beneficiary accounts. She has used Rs 30 lakh. People must be careful while dealing with any person online. Before meeting anyone in person, one shouldn’t entertain such calls. They should disconnect the moment the caller behaves inappropriately. ”
