India, Sept. 5 -- Of late, we have seen truly bizarre online scams taking place. People posing as CEOs and celebrities asking employees for money because they were stuck in some odd situation. And now, in the latest case, a Japanese woman has been scammed out of about Rs.6 lakh after a fraudster posing as an astronaut duped her. The fake astronaut reportedly convinced her that he was in space and wanted to escape a dangerous situation in a spaceship where he was running out of oxygen, as reported by CBS.

CBS says that the woman fell in love online with a self-described astronaut who ultimately ended up asking her for help, according to the police. The woman is from Japan's Hokkaido and reportedly came into contact with the scammer in Jul...