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Ggm woman duped of ₹1.74 lakh by fraudsters

A 35-year-old woman was cheated of ?1.74 lakh ($2,330) by a fraudster who posed as a potential groom on a matrimonial website. The man claimed to be a project manager at a Turkish diamond firm and gained the woman's confidence before asking for her postal address and sending a parcel that claimed to contain foreign currency. The woman received a call purporting to be from a customs official who demanded ?38,500 for the parcel. The woman paid the money but was then threatened into paying more. An FIR has been registered and police are investigating.