Cryptocurrency scam: Gurgaon businessman duped of Rs 45 lakh by ‘South Korean woman’

A businessman based in Gurgaon was allegedly duped of Rs 45 lakh by a woman he met on social media on the pretext of trading in cryptocurrency, police said.

According to the victim, he got acquainted with a woman, who claimed to be from South Korea, on the messaging service Telegram and after a few days of conversation, she advised him to trade on a cryptocurrency exchange platform, officers said.

In the FIR he lodged with the police, the 44-year-old complainant said, “She made me register on a cryptocurrency trading website on October 28 and on her advice, I started investing a large amount on the platform since I trusted her.