City police’s cyber crime division will soon write to several matrimonial sites asking them to not just have disclaimers on their websites – which many of them already do – but also to write emails to all registered clients, warning them of the anticipated risks involved in meeting unknown people online.
Police, while conceding that they cannot hold the sites accountable for people being cheated by those they meet through them, say that such cases are a matter of concern. While only six cases of people being cheated of their money by those they’ve met via matrimonial sites have come to the fore in the last one year, police say there are many unreported instances too.
Bhushan Gulabrao Borase, SP, cyber crime, said he’ll write to eight major and 48 other top matrimonial sites across the country, requesting them to send out email warnings by Tuesday. Police’s concern may not be completely unfounded, even though the number of complaints may be low.
Ramamurthy (name changed), for example, has been pursuing police to find the person who not only broke his daughter’s heart but also cheated them of over Rs 1 lakh.
Ramamurthy’s family came across one Akash (name changed), whose matrimonial profile said he was an orphaned doctor born and brought up in the UK.