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Chennai: Man puts wife’s picture as display picture, falls prey to cyber scam

CHENNAI: A man, who put up a picture of his wife as the WhatsApp display picture, was in for a rude shock when a cyber scamster downloaded it, morphed it obscenely and demanded money.

Ayanavaram police have launched a hunt to arrest the miscreant.

The issue came to light after the complainant approached the police claiming that he got a message with an attachment of his wife's picture with an unknown man from a number and that the sender reportedly threatened to upload it online if the former fails to pay the money.

Further investigations are underway.

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