PUNE: A 50-year-old teacher from Manjari was duped of Rs 4.28 lakh in a matrimonial and customs fraud between March 1 and March 20, this year.
A first information report (FIR) was registered with Hadapsar police on Wednesday.
Sub-inspector Sachin Gadekar from the Hadapsar police on Thursday said, “A fraudster claiming to be working in a private firm had promised her marriage after befriending her through a matrimonial site in March and then claimed to have sent her a parcel and his aide lured her into paying Customs duties via RTGS to claim it.”
Gadekar said she realised that she was tricked after the fraudster and his aide had switched off their cellphones and their whereabouts were not known.
The woman in her FIR said the fraudster never met her in person. He told her that he was sending expensive gifts from Dubai.
