Archive · 12 Jan 2026
AI Used in Dating App Scam in Bengaluru
Some bad people used a fake profile on a dating app.
They pretended to be a woman named Ishani and tricked a young man into showing himself on camera.
They recorded the video and then asked for money, threatening to share the video if he didn't pay.
The man paid them a lot of money, but then he went to the police.
The police think the woman in the video might not have been real but was made by a computer.
They are trying to find the bad people.
Fraudsters used an AI-generated profile to pose as a woman on a dating app.
The victim, a 26-year-old man, was tricked into sharing explicit videos.
The fraudsters extorted Rs 1.5 lakh from the victim by threatening to expose the videos.
The victim initially paid Rs 60,000 and later Rs 93,000 to the fraudsters.
Police suspect the nude woman in the video call was an AI-generated figure.
- Who
- A 26-year-old man from Ejipura, Bengaluru, and unknown fraudsters
- What
- AI-generated profile used to extort money through blackmail
- When
- Incident began on January 5
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Why
- To extort money from the victim by threatening to expose private videos
- Victim's Age
- 26
- Victim's Location
- Ejipura, Bengaluru
- Amount Extorted
- Rs 1.5 lakh
- Date of Incident
- January 5
- Police Station
- Central Crime Branch CEN Police Station