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Hoping to find gay partner on dating app, Mumbai man loses Rs 10 lakh to cyber fraud | Mumbai News

A 28-year-old man working for a five-star hotel in Mumbai has lost nearly Rs 10 lakh to a cyber fraudster who posed as a doctor from Texas in the United States and cheated the man while he was looking for a gay partner on an online dating platform. The Meghwadi police registered a case on Friday based on the complaint of the man from Jogeshwari (East)and began a probe. In January, while using the dating app he downloaded a year ago, the complainant received a message from Ramos Bennard, who claimed to be a doctor living in Texas. He befriended the complainant and also shared some of his pictures. After two or three days, Bennard shared a phone number, and then the two started conversing on WhatsApp. On January 30, Bennard asked the complainant to help him visit popular tourist places in India during his vacation starting on February 5. Bennard sent photos of an expensive wristwatch, claiming he wanted to gift it to the complainant and was bringing it to India. On February 5, …