A software engineer in Bengaluru was defrauded of Rs 2.6 lakh by a man posing as a UK-based neurosurgeon on a matrimonial site. He lured her with false promises and fabricated a story about being detained at Delhi airport with a large sum of cash, prompting her to transfer funds repeatedly.
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