'Dating Scam' in Hyderabad: Police Register Case Against Unknown Women for Taking Men to Pub and Escaping From Place After Making Hefty Bill

Hyderabad, June 7: Police here on Friday registered a case over an alleged 'dating scam' of some young women taking men to a pub and escaping from the place after making them pay a hefty bill.

The women take their victims to the pub, after getting acquainted with the latter on a dating app, and run up an exorbitant bill but quietly escape from the place, police said. Tinder, Bumble Dating Apps Scam: 3 Hyderabad Men Lose Rs 20 to 40K After Getting Conned by Same Woman They Matched on Dating Apps, Modus Operandi Post Goes Viral.

The case, a suo motu action, was registered against the management of the pub in view of their alleged involvement, they said, adding that investigation was in progress.