Hyderabad: A woman was allegedly cheated of Rs 3.38 lakh in an elaborate online marriage scam recently by a man who claimed to be a doctor from the UK.

The fraud involved a fake Delhi-based “UK Affairs Office” and a man claiming to be a doctor from the United Kingdom.

According to the Cyber Crime Unit of the Hyderabad Police, the accused established contact with the woman and allegedly manipulated her into opening two new bank accounts and purchasing two SIM cards. He then instructed her to send the associated ATM cards and passbooks to the purported office in Delhi.

Speaking on the incident, the police informed ANI, " A 47-year-old woman from Vinay Nagar Colony in Hyderabad's Saidabad was allegedly cheated of Rs 3,38,200 after falling victim to an online marriage proposal scam involv

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