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Crypto Conman Dupes Retired Mumbai Woman on Matrimonial Website, Steals Rs. 24 Lakh: Report
A crypto scammer reportedly connected with a Mumbai-based woman on a matrimonial site last year and stole Rs. 24 lakh from her. The conman told the victim that he was a US-based engineer, convinced her to invest in a crypto firm. He later connected her to a ‘guide’, who was set up to assist the woman with her investments.
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Case Against Conman Who Fled From Mumbai Police Custody
An offence was registered on Thursday against a man who was arrested for cheating a businessman for Rs 3.7 crore and fled from the crime branch custody, but was later caught, an official said.
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Conman Arrested Near Mumbai, Gold Worth Rs 47 Lakh Recovered
41-year-old man was arrested today from Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai for his alleged involvement in a string of theft cases, police said. 3 jewelers have also been arrested for buying stolen jewellery from the accused, they said.
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Mumbai Crime: Conman Charmed Women By Posing As Senior Govt Officer
Tanmay Goswami is a ladies' man, quite literally. The 41-year-old has been held by the Bangur Nagar police after he conned several women on the pretext of marrying them by posing as a senior government officer on a matrimonial website. Young, successful, 30-somethings fell for the charms of his online bio data and offline personality, and shelled o...
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Bank Manager Allegedly 'Hypnotised' Into Parting With Rs 93,000
In a bizarre case of fraud, the police are on a manhunt for a conman with powers of hypnosis after a bank manager claimed he was bewitched into parting with Rs 93,000. Although he handed over the money to the man himself, he told the police that he had no conrol over his actions and remembers little of what had happened.
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61-Year-Old Mumbai Conman Robbed Foreigners, But Sent Passports Back: Police
The Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested a 61-year-old who would cheat foreigners and NRIs by befriending them, only to flee with their valuables. The police have till now recovered valuables of five foreigners from the accused.
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Mumbai conman duped 250 people to amass Rs 7-cr assets
Officials of the Ghatkopar police station arrested Purshottam Ramji Mav, a conman who fooled hundreds of people for lakhs of rupees in the last 10 years, from his shop in Dhulia on Wednesday afternoon.
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Conman's family want to see heist movie Special Chabbis
Conman Natwarlal's family want to watch Akshay Kumar's next project Special Chabbis which is based on the infamous real-life jewellery heist in Mumbai in 1987.
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Fake cop collected money for 'police tournaments'
Reality has finally caught up with Gulabchand Gupta, an imposter who would pose as a police officer attached to Worli police station to extract bribes from locals. Real cops from Worli station recently caught the conman red-handed, when a suspicious doctor put them on his scent.
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Conman marries, loots and leaves... five times
The Kherwadi police are on the lookout for the 30-year-old former call centre employee, who ran an elaborate ruse to cheat women after marrying them. Till date there are six victims identified by the Kherwadi police, of which one is from their jurisdiction.
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Through matrimonials, con man targeted wealthy single women
He gets in touch with wealthy spinsters through matrimony sites, impresses them by portraying himself as a flourishing businessman with a lavish lifestyle, promises to marry them, and after winning their trust, trumps up grave-sounding reasons to ask for lump sums of money, and makes off with the cash.
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Swindler sells one house to 27 people in Mumbai
Mohammed Irshad Sheikh is inconsolable. The garment factory employee had bought a house for Rs 3 lakh in Mumbai so that he could provide his cancer-stricken sons with basic comforts. However, he was shocked to know that the small house in Mominpura was also sold to 26 other people. He told MiD DAY that he bought the house from Nasim Ansari who had ...
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Man held for conning over 50 widows, devdasis
Malvani police station officials arrested a 22-year-old man on Monday for cheating over 50 widows and devdasis on false promises of getting them aid from the government.According to the police, Ajay Sen, a resident of Patelwadi in Marve, Malad (West), forged the documents of a non-government organisation, Maharashtra Niradhar Mahila Sangathan in Gh...
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Crypto Conman Dupes Retired Mumbai Woman on Matrimonial Website, Steals Rs. 24 Lakh: Report
A crypto scammer reportedly connected with a Mumbai-based woman on a matrimonial site last year and stole Rs. 24 lakh from her. The conman told the victim that he was a US-based engineer, convinced her to invest in a crypto firm. He later connected her to a ‘guide’, who was set up to assist the woman with her investments.
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Case Against Conman Who Fled From Mumbai Police Custody
An offence was registered on Thursday against a man who was arrested for cheating a businessman for Rs 3.7 crore and fled from the crime branch custody, but was later caught, an official said.
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Conman Arrested Near Mumbai, Gold Worth Rs 47 Lakh Recovered
41-year-old man was arrested today from Ghansoli in Navi Mumbai for his alleged involvement in a string of theft cases, police said. 3 jewelers have also been arrested for buying stolen jewellery from the accused, they said.
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Mumbai Crime: Conman Charmed Women By Posing As Senior Govt Officer
Tanmay Goswami is a ladies' man, quite literally. The 41-year-old has been held by the Bangur Nagar police after he conned several women on the pretext of marrying them by posing as a senior government officer on a matrimonial website. Young, successful, 30-somethings fell for the charms of his online bio data and offline personality, and shelled o...
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Bank Manager Allegedly 'Hypnotised' Into Parting With Rs 93,000
In a bizarre case of fraud, the police are on a manhunt for a conman with powers of hypnosis after a bank manager claimed he was bewitched into parting with Rs 93,000. Although he handed over the money to the man himself, he told the police that he had no conrol over his actions and remembers little of what had happened.
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61-Year-Old Mumbai Conman Robbed Foreigners, But Sent Passports Back: Police
The Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested a 61-year-old who would cheat foreigners and NRIs by befriending them, only to flee with their valuables. The police have till now recovered valuables of five foreigners from the accused.
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Mumbai conman duped 250 people to amass Rs 7-cr assets
Officials of the Ghatkopar police station arrested Purshottam Ramji Mav, a conman who fooled hundreds of people for lakhs of rupees in the last 10 years, from his shop in Dhulia on Wednesday afternoon.
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Conman's family want to see heist movie Special Chabbis
Conman Natwarlal's family want to watch Akshay Kumar's next project Special Chabbis which is based on the infamous real-life jewellery heist in Mumbai in 1987.
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Fake cop collected money for 'police tournaments'
Reality has finally caught up with Gulabchand Gupta, an imposter who would pose as a police officer attached to Worli police station to extract bribes from locals. Real cops from Worli station recently caught the conman red-handed, when a suspicious doctor put them on his scent.
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Conman marries, loots and leaves... five times
The Kherwadi police are on the lookout for the 30-year-old former call centre employee, who ran an elaborate ruse to cheat women after marrying them. Till date there are six victims identified by the Kherwadi police, of which one is from their jurisdiction.
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Through matrimonials, con man targeted wealthy single women
He gets in touch with wealthy spinsters through matrimony sites, impresses them by portraying himself as a flourishing businessman with a lavish lifestyle, promises to marry them, and after winning their trust, trumps up grave-sounding reasons to ask for lump sums of money, and makes off with the cash.
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Swindler sells one house to 27 people in Mumbai
Mohammed Irshad Sheikh is inconsolable. The garment factory employee had bought a house for Rs 3 lakh in Mumbai so that he could provide his cancer-stricken sons with basic comforts. However, he was shocked to know that the small house in Mominpura was also sold to 26 other people. He told MiD DAY that he bought the house from Nasim Ansari who had ...
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Man held for conning over 50 widows, devdasis
Malvani police station officials arrested a 22-year-old man on Monday for cheating over 50 widows and devdasis on false promises of getting them aid from the government.According to the police, Ajay Sen, a resident of Patelwadi in Marve, Malad (West), forged the documents of a non-government organisation, Maharashtra Niradhar Mahila Sangathan in Gh...
