kamui Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Bollywood 'pen-pal' cheats US man By Ayanjit Sen BBC correspondent in Delhi A better knowledge of Bollywood could have saved Kenneth Corley $1,400. "Have you seen this woman?" The American was bowled over when an Indian lady he had met over the internet sent him some photos of herself. He liked the pictures so much he invited her to visit him in the US - but the lady said she did not have enough money. Mr Corley immediately transferred $1,400 to help pay for her travel expenses - and never heard from her again. Mr Corley emailed police in the Indian capital, Delhi, asking them if they could trace the 28-year-old woman, who had said her name was Anita Choud. To help them identify her, he attached the photos she had sent him. Delhi police had a look at them, and immediately realised all was not as it seemed. The woman in the photos was unmistakeably the well-known Bollywood actress and one-time Miss World, Aishwarya Rai. "It seems that Mr Corley has been taken for a ride, but we are investigating and have asked him to send us more details," said a senior police officer in Delhi. A deputy commissioner of police in Delhi, Deependra Pathak, said the lady had told Mr Corley she was the daughter of an Italian mother and an Indian father. She also said she knew an acquaintance of Mr Corley's in Delhi, and claimed to be teaching English and Geography at a Delhi elementary school. Mr Corley said in his email that he did not know whether he had been conned, or if the woman had been hurt by the fact that he sent her the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvarpala Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Stone me, there's one born every minute... What a Joey ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 There is a semi-retired doctor I know who set up a medical school in Vietnam during the war and later helped build a hospital in Chiang Mai. Brilliant lady but now her mind is going quickly. A few weeks ago she was conned into sending a check for a few thousand dollars to a PO Box in Costa Rica. The scary part is that they said they were with the US government and the money was to settle an inheritance so that the remaining funds could be released to her. A US government agency with a Costa Rican PO Box and no red flags went up? Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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