Hyderabad, Feb. 27 -- A 28-year-old Hyderabad resident was duped out of Rs 11,17,834 after his match on Shaadi.com turned out be a cyber fraudster.

According to the Hyderabad cybercrime police, the victim met a woman named Anjali Kandula on the matrimonial site, who introduced herself as an Azure DevOps Engineer working in the United Kingdom.

She gained the victim's trust by portraying herself as caring, sincere, and interested in a long-term relationship. Afterwards, she introduced the victim to a fake cryptocurrency trading platform named Bakktcoin, claiming her uncle was an expert trader, a release stated.

Initially, she asked him to invest a small amount and showed fake profits to gain confidence, but she later persuaded him to inv...