Bengaluru Youth Scammed of ₹1.85 Lakh After Receiving AI-Generated Video Call

A young man in Bengaluru's Bellandur area was scammed out of ₹1.85 lakh after receiving a fake video call. The incident involved a 23-year-old who connected with a woman named Aaradha via a popular dating app on September 27. Following the exchange of mobile numbers, the scammer sent an obscene, AI-generated video after a short WhatsApp video call. The scammer demanded money by threatening to circulate the video on social media, leading the victim to transfer a total of ₹1.85 lakh across various UPI IDs between September 27 and 29.