<h1>International cybercrime romance-scam ring using fake profiles and parcel ruses foiled; kingpin arrested, assets seized</h1> An international cybercrime racket operated via fake social media and matrimonial profiles to befriend vulnerable persons, promise expensive gifts and foreign currency, and extort payments for alleged customs duties and fees; this constituted social engineering fraud and financial deception, resulting in multiple victim complaints and seizures of mobile devices, SIMs, bank instruments and digital accounts. Investigative procedures relied on technical analysis of CDRs, IP logs, app data, bank transactions, food delivery records and undercover messaging to trace a foreign national kingpin and local facilitators, identify use of fraudulently opened bank accounts and minor involvement, leading to arrests and evidence seizure.