Fraudsters allegedly used artificial intelligence to pose as a young woman on a dating app and extorted over ₹1.5 lakh from a 26-year-old man in Bengaluru, police said. The victim, a resident of Ejipura working with a private firm, lodged a complaint at the Central Crime Branch CEN police station. According to police, the man created a dating app profile on January 5 and soon received a request from a woman identifying herself as Ishani. After days of chatting, the two exchanged phone numbers. The woman later initiated a video call and persuaded the victim to comply with her requests, during which the accused secretly recorded the interaction. The video was then used to blackmail the victim, who transferred ₹60,000 initially and later ₹93,000. Police suspect the profile and visuals were AI-generated
Bengaluru Men Impersonate Woman Using AI, Dupe Man of ₹1.5 Lakh
