coimbatore a man from the uk befriended a 36yearold woman from the district on a matrimonial site for divorcees and cheated her of 19 lakh by promising to marry her the woman who is working with an it firm has lodged a complaint with the rural cybercrime police in this regard on thursday eveningin her complaint the woman who is awaiting divorce from her husband said she was looking for a second marriage and registered with a matrimonial website for divorceesa resident of sb garden at othakkalmandapam on the outskirts of the city the woman received a call from a man who identified himself as marcius singh in the first week of april expressing his interest in marrying her he told her that he was born and brought up in the uk where he was working as a doctor a police officer said after winning the womans trust the officer said the man asked her to help him with 10 lakh for a medical emergency of his mother the woman took a personal loan of 10 lakh from a private bank and transferred the amount to the mans bank accounts in various transactions he sought another 9 lakh from her for his mothers treatment and she gave him the amount by pledging gold ornaments weighing 25 sovereigns with a pawn brokerage shop she transferred the amount to him between april 12 and june 2when the man demanded another 20 lakh from her on june 2 the officer said the woman grew suspicious and questioned him he immediately switched off the phone she couldnt reach him on the same number againthe rural cybercrime police have registered a case against the man under section 420 cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property of the indian penal code and section 66d punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource of the information technology act