‘Turkish suitor’ & gifts of gold: Woman conned of Rs 1.3 crore

BENGALURU: A 33-year-old woman working at an international financial institution was defrauded of Rs 1.3 crore by a man she met on a popular matrimonial app. The man, claiming to be an Indian from Turkiye, said he had been detained by Bengaluru Airport officials as he was carrying a lot of gold to gift her.

To support his claims, Kunal (name changed) even sent her fake flight tickets and teamed up with a woman, who posed as an airport official, to demand money at immigration. Following this, Kunal and the woman continued to deceive Kamala (name changed) for about 35-40 days and conned her of a total of Rs 1.30 crore.