Woman cons Bengaluru business man of Rs 60 lakhs

A 34-year-old Bengaluru businessman, who was trawling a dating website, lost almost Rs 60 lakh to a woman he had befriended online.
According to the complaint filed with the cybercrime police, businessman Satish (name changed) had opened a profile on a dating website. On July 18, 2017, he came across a woman whose user ID was ‘shompa76’ and introduced herself as Arpita from Kolkata. After a brief chat, the duo shared their mobile numbers and started chatting on WhatsApp and exchanged photos too.
In the context of her father being admitted to a hospital, Arpita sought Rs.30,000 from the businessman, which he transferred to her account. Again after a few days, the woman started requesting for more money. She told him that her father had been admitted to the BM Birla Heart Reseach centre at Kolkata. The businessman, whose identity is refrained from being disclosed said that between December 15, 2017 and January 23, 2018, he had transferred Rs 19 lakh to Rupali Mazumdar’s account, while Rs. 40.7 lakh to Kushan Majumdar’s account. Soon after that, the woman stopped answering his phone calls and messages. The businessman then became suspicious and realised that he has been cheated. He later went on to complain to the cyber crime police