Mangaluru, Oct 17: A city-based man, who was searching for a new bride after ending his unsuccessful marriage with his first wife, was duped to the tune of over Rs 11 lakh by a ‘British woman’ and her two male accomplices.
The victim, a resident of Kinnigoli area in Mangaluru, had uploaded his personal details on a matrimony website in June 2017 and within a few days he received a reply on WhatsApp from England.
The man was on cloud nine when a stranger, who introduced herself as Stella Moris from the United Kingdom, expressed her interest to marry him.
After a few days of intimate chatting on WhatsApp, the clever woman asked the man to visit UK and promised him a job there.
After that, the man was asked to contact one Michael Anthony, who was staying in India. Morris gave him Anthony's contact number, who asked the victim to transfer Rs 26,560 for visa. The unsuspecting groom transferred the amount from his bank account.
A few later, the victim was asked to make an Anti-Terrorist Security Certificate. For that certificate, Antony asked him to transfer Rs 83,000.
In this manner, on the pretext of marriage paperwork or visa, Stella Moris and Michael Anthony cheated the man of Rs 11,39,535.
When the victim realised that he had been duped, he immediately complained to Mangaluru city cyber branch police, who launched an investigation.
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