‘Blescoin’ scam: Lured by woman cyber fraudster on marriage portal, techie duped of Rs 91.75 lakh

The police have booked the unidentified woman and her aides under Sections 420 (cheating), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and various Sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

The police said the complainant came in contact with the accused woman on a matrimonial website in February this year. The woman lured the complainant with assurances of marrying him. The duo then started talking to each other over the phone.

As mentioned in the FIR, the woman asked the complainant to invest in ‘blescoin’ trading. The complainant then took loans amounting to Rs 71 lakh from HDFC Bank, IDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, and also from a loan app.

Then, since February, as per the instructions of the accused woman, the complainant transferred a total of Rs 86 lakh (including the loan amount and savings of Rs 15 lakh) online from his account to other bank accounts, believing that the money was being invested in ‘blescoin’ trading business. But he did not get any returns.

The police added that the accused woman asked him to invest Rs 10 lakh more to get the returns. So, the complainant again transferred 3.95 lakh and 1.8 lakh from his bank account. But when he did not get any money back, he lodged a complaint of cheating.

“The accused told the complainant that she was residing in Malaysia. She made the complainant transfer for fraudulent business after assuring him of marriage. The complainant is an engineer working with an IT company. An investigation is on,” said D P Suryawanshi, the investigation officer of this case.