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Indore Men Lose ₹1.22 Lakh in AI and Trading Scams
Two men in Indore were tricked in separate online scams.
One man spoke to someone who claimed to be offering a marriage proposal.
Scammers changed screenshots from his video call into fake inappropriate pictures using artificial intelligence.
They threatened to share the pictures unless he paid money.
They also pretended to be a senior police official to frighten him.
He paid ₹72,000 but the scammers still demanded more.
In the second case, an accountant was promised large daily profits from a trading app.
He deposited ₹50,000 and shared a one-time password, after which the money was taken from his bank account.
Police complaints were filed in both cases.
A man lost ₹72,000 after scammers used AI-edited video-call screenshots to threaten him with publication of fake objectionable images.
The victim first connected with a woman posing as Anita Sharma through the Sangam Marriage matrimonial portal.
Scammers claiming to be the Udaipur DGP demanded more money and received payments through Google Pay and Paytm.
An accountant lost ₹50,000 after being lured by promised daily trading returns through the XM360 app.
Both incidents occurred under the Aerodrome police station area in Indore, and the victims filed police complaints.
- Who
- Two men in Indore were allegedly defrauded by unknown cybercriminals; one was targeted through a marriage proposal and the other was an accountant targeted through a trading offer.
- What
- The victims lost a combined ₹1.22 lakh in an AI-based sextortion scam and a fake trading-app scam.
- Where
- Both cases occurred under the Aerodrome police station limits in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- When
- The incidents were reported as occurring on August 26 and August 28.
- Why
- The alleged scammers sought money through threats involving doctored images and promises of high trading returns.
Key facts
- Total reported loss
- ₹1.22 lakh
- AI sextortion loss
- ₹72,000
- Trading scam loss
- ₹50,000
- Marriage portal used
- Sangam Marriage
- Trading app named
- XM360
- Police jurisdiction
- Aerodrome police station, Indore
- Payment methods mentioned
- Google Pay and Paytm









