Jail for woman in SG who created fake persona on matchmaking website and cheated suitor of S$4,750


Maliha Ramu, 51, pretended to be a 25-year-old woman to cheat a 29-year-old man and his father of S$5,750. — Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash

SINGAPORE: A woman with a history of duping men into false promises of marriage to cheat them of their money was back to her antics, posting a photo on a matchmaking platform to ensnare more victims.

Using her relative’s photo, Maliha Ramu fooled a 29-year-old Indian national living in Singapore into thinking she would marry him, and over the course of a year, cheated him and his father of S$5,750 (RM18,274).

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