Teacher befriends man on matrimonial site, duped of Rs 9.47 lakh

A 39-year-old teacher has been duped of Rs 9.47 lakh by a person she got in touch with on a matrimonial site, said police.

According to the police, one Azad Ibrahim Hamza (43), who claimed to be a civil engineer and based in Scotland, sent a request to the complainant on a matrimonial site on October 27.

The two started talking and after a few days Hamza told her that he had sent her a gift, said police. The complainant also got a call from a woman, who claimed to be a customs officer at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, asking her to pay Rs 35,000 in customs duty for the release of an envelope containing 70,000 pound.