Mumbai: A bit of lovey-dovey talk did the trick. A cyber fraudster who had met a 26-year-old woman to discuss marriage prospects last month misused her matrimonial profile to avail a loan of Rs 80,000 by using her mobile phone. The man took away her gold ring and bracelet valued at Rs 60,000, saying he needed them to get measurements for diamond-studded jewellery.
The woman from Andheri (east) lodged a complaint at DN Nagar police station on March 3 after the accused, who introduced himself as Nabil Munir Khan, had contacted her on Feb 22 expressing interest in marriage.
The fraud came to light on March 1 when the woman found the man’s phone switched off.
A police team has sought CCTV footage from the hotel in Andheri (west) to identify the accused, said a police officer. The couple had met for dinner from where he first applied for the loan using the financial institution app on the woman’s phone and transferred the money to his account without the woman’s knowledge, the officer said.
According to her complaint, she had told the “suitor” that she did not wish to speak on phone. After the dinner over which they met, he asked her to hand over her phone to check her CIBIL score.
“I did not realise what happened… He made some call after entering a mobile shop. Later I learned that he managed to get hold of my PAN Card and Aadhaar Card details which he shared with the financial institution to get the loan in my name without my knowledge,” the woman has stated in her police complaint.
The accused arranged to meet her on Feb 28 for lunch. The police said that after lunch, the two spent some time together before heading to Linking Road for shopping.
“It is at this time that the man deceived the woman further by taking her gold ring and bracelet, valued at Rs 60000, claiming he wanted to take the measurements for diamond jewellery,” said the police officer.
Data indicates that Mumbai police have registered 26 matrimonial fraud cases between 2023 and 2024, and have solved nine of them.
Mumbai: A bit of lovey-dovey talk did the trick. A cyber fraudster who had met a 26-year-old woman to discuss marriage prospects last month misused her matrimonial profile to avail a loan of Rs 80,000 by using her mobile phone. The man took away her gold ring and bracelet valued at Rs 60,000, saying he needed them to get measurements for diamond-studded jewellery.
The woman from Andheri (east) lodged a complaint at DN Nagar police station on March 3 after the accused, who introduced himself as Nabil Munir Khan, had contacted her on Feb 22 expressing interest in marriage.
The fraud came to light on Mar 1 when the woman found the man’s phone switched off.
A police team has sought CCTV footage from the hotel in Andheri (west) to identify the accused, said a police officer. The couple had met for dinner from where he first applied for the loan using the financial institution app on the woman’s phone and transferred the money to his account without the woman’s knowledge, the officer said.
According to her complaint, she had told the “suitor” that she did not wish to speak on phone. After the dinner over which they met, he asked her to hand over her phone to check her CIBIL score.
“I did not realise what happened… He made some call after entering a mobile shop. Later I learned that he managed to get hold of my PAN Card and Aadhaar Card details which he shared with the financial institution to get the loan in my name without my knowledge,” the woman has stated in her police complaint.
The accused arranged to meet her on Feb 28 for lunch. The police said that after lunch, the two spent some together before heading to Linking Road for shopping.
“It is at this time that the man deceived the woman further by taking her gold ring and bracelet, valued at Rs 60000, claiming he wanted to take the measurements for diamond jewellery,” said the police officer.
Data indicates that Mumbai police have registered 26 matrimonial fraud cases between 2023 and 2024, of which they managed to solve nine cases.