The coronavirus had shut the world down. However, it has started reopening but everything is changed in a massive way. Not only people suffered health issues. Every human is affected in a way or another. Job, Health, Business. Suffering is common. A Mumbai man conned of ₹15 Lakh after he decided to take a job as a male escort.
Conning is a pretty common word and is of many different types. The police said he was attracted to the offer as his business unit in Vile Parle, Mumbai, was failing due to the coronavirus-induced pandemic.
According to The TOI report, a man was lured with the prospect of becoming a male escort for women seeking his services and got conned into losing ₹15 lakh.
The people from the escort agency asked him to pay registration fees and different other fees. They explained to him about his job of meeting new women daily that would help him make money.
Due to COVID-19, the man’s business was going down the drain and that is when he first received a call from a woman who identified herself as ‘Sonali’. A police official said:
“She initially inquired about his age, asked for his photo and some background data and offered him a job in dating services and told him that he would earn ₹20,000 to 25,000 a day besides other perks to befriend women. As he showed interest, she asked him to register by paying ₹26,500 through an e-wallet facility”.
After that, Sonali sent him photographs of four women who needed his services and asked him to choose one. He was also provided with the contact numbers of the women. The man chose a woman named ‘Radhika’ who asked him if he had an escort service license. When he informed her that he does not have it, she told him to first get one by paying ₹1.14 lakh.
All in all, the man ended up paying the escort agency ₹7 lakh for ‘registration fee’ and other charges. When he demanded his money back, an unknown man from the agency called him and told him to deposit ₹4.7 lakh in order to get his refund.
