Six held for duping prospective brides through fake matrimonial profiles

A gang was busted with the arrest of six people, including four Nigerian nationals, for making a fake profile on a matrimonial website and duping a woman of around Rs 9 lakh on the pretext of sending expensive gifts, police said on Friday.

The accused nabbed on Thursday used to contact prospective brides through fake profiles of wealthy Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in the medical or engineering profession, they added.

According to the police, a Gurugram-based woman had filed a complaint at the cyber crime branch here on March 13, saying that she had gotten in touch with a man posing as a United Kingdom-based NRI doctor on a matrimonial website.