Chennai dating app scam: When 'say hi' turns into 'say goodbye'

A Vadapalani sound engineer lost 27,000 rupees to an eight-member gang via a dating app; four were arrested. Scammers employ bots, deep fakes, encrypted Telegram chats, and VPNs, confirmed by cybercrime official Vasudevan. Damodaran on 'Say Hi' app was blackmailed by 'Akila' and extorted by fake inspectors—a gang was...