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    Bengaluru man loses Rs 1.29 lakh to dating app investment scam: Here’s how it unfolded

    Binu Mathew
    By Binu MathewNovember 12, 2025

    A Bengaluru man recently became the victim of a dating app investment scam, losing Rs 1.29 crore in the process. The 42-year-old man ended up falling prey to the romance scam, or the ‘pig-butchering’ technique, which involved him being emotionally manipulated to share a massive amount of his savings in the name of an online investment fraud.

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