Hyderabad, Dec. 4 -- A 47-year-old woman from Vinay Nagar Colony in Hyderabad's Saidabad was allegedly cheated of Rs 3,38,200 after falling victim to an online marriage proposal scam involving a fake Delhi-based "UK Affairs Office", police said.

According to the Cyber Crime Unit of Hyderabad Police, the woman was contacted by a man identifying himself as "Hirad Ahmed", who claimed to be a doctor based in the United Kingdom.

He established contact through WhatsApp calls, messages and video chats and allegedly gained her trust before "manipulating her" to open two new bank accounts and purchase two SIM cards, the police said, adding that she was then instructed to send the associated ATM cards and passbooks to a purported "UK Affairs Offi...