Gurugram Woman Duped Of Rs 1.46 Lakh By Her Instagram 'Friend': Cops

According to the police complaint, the woman became friends on Instagram with a man, who claimed that he lived in Europe and wanted to learn Hindi.

A woman was allegedly duped of Rs 1.46 lakh by a person she befriended on a social media platform in a customs fraud case, officials said on Wednesday.

The woman was asked to make mandatory payments to fraudsters posing as customs department officials to receive a gift from abroad, they said.

According to the police complaint, the woman became friends on Instagram with a man, who claimed that he lived in Europe and wanted to learn Hindi.