India, June 29 -- A 44-year-old woman in Noida was allegedly duped of Rs.9.33 lakh by a man she met through a matrimonial website around two months ago, police said on Sunday.

According to the police, the man allegedly claimed to a doctor, owning a 3BHK flat in Dallas, US, and promised to marry the woman. He allegedly also offered to help her son study abroad after her pending divorce proceedings in India concluded.

On June 23, in a police complaint, the woman, a divorced mother residing in Sector 36, stated that after coming into his contact in April, they started conversing over phone.

She stated that during a phone conversation, he claimed he was undergoing a financially difficult time. "I helped him by selling my gold jewellery as ...