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Man scammed on dating app, forced to pay ₹22,000 restaurant bill in Pune

Another incident of a dating app scam has come to light where a man was compelled to pay a 22,000 restaurant bill in Pune. The man shared the incident on the X platform (foremrly Twitter) which has gone viral.

The victim found a match on the Bumble app on 30 September this year. The man said he met his match at Gypsy Restro Bar Bhugaon, Pune in October.

On their first meeting, the girl placed the order of wine and hukkah. “Actually at this point, I had no idea of the costs of the order and the staff was too quick to get wne and hukkah in a jiffy,” the man wrote.

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Later, the man found that the hukka cost was 10,000, and wine bottle 15,000, and a wine glass of 1,500.

“When the printed bill came it was 22,000,” the man wrote.

Further, the man said that his date told him that he needed to pay the bill else the the owner of the restaurant could damage his car.

“She said this bill needs to be paid or bar restaurant guys can damage your car in the parking and they have your car number with which they can find your address through RTO contacts and will connect double the amount at your home if you run away…I had to pay the bill of 22,000 …”.

Several netizens responded to the thread. Most of the X users said that the girl was allegedly hired by the restaurant owner.

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“Hired by the bar management. This is a common strategy these days where the bar owner and management get young and attractive girls to match rich folks on Bumble and get them in their restaurant for dinner dates and then loot them with exorbitant pricing, blackmail, etc,” a user wrote.

Another user wrote, “I think the girl was hired by the bar itself. It’s an extremely common strategy. They hire girls to lure men and charge them huge amounts in the name of these activities”.

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