Hyderabad, April 6 -- A Hyderabad based software engineer was duped of Rs 2.36 crore by a cyber fraudster posing as a woman on Facebook who lured the victim into online trading investment in August 2025.

The victim was a resident of Kondapur. According to Cyberabad police, the victim received a friend request from the woman, identifying herself as Kora. The fraudster claimed to be from Singapore and that she was working in Mumbai.

They began chatting on Facebook regularly, and Kora persuaded the victim to invest in trading. To gain his trust, the fraudster added the software engineer to a group titled "Facebook Store", claiming that group members made profits.

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After the victim was convinced, Kora sent ...