India, Jan. 24 -- When a 40-year-old Chembur resident connected online with someone posing as the world's richest businessman and entrepreneur, Elon Musk, and he offered to marry her and give her a life of comfort in the US, she thought her fortunes had turned. However, what began as a romance turned into an elaborate fraud where the woman was cheated to the tune of nearly 16.34 lakhs.

According to the police, a fraud posing as Musk approached the woman on the prominent social media platform X, and asked her to download a messaging application where they chatted for several days. The accused even proposed to her and told her he would take her with him to the US.

As part of the fraud, 'Musk' asked the woman to get in touch with someone c...