Rajkot: The owner of a Rajkot advertising agency was cheated out of Rs 13.30 lakh after being lured by a woman he met on a dating app to ‘invest’ on a foreign exchange (forex) trading platform.He filed a complaint at Rajkot Cyber Crime police station against five unknown persons — whose bank accounts he transferred funds to.Virpariya said he came across one Shruti Sharma through an automatic friend suggestion on a dating app. They began communicating online and shared personal details. On learning of his financial difficulties, she advised him to try forex trading, saying it would yield high returns.Despite having no knowledge of forex trading, Virpariya trusted her and followed her instructions. He was directed to join a Telegram group and open an account on a certain trading website. Between Jan and March, he transferred Rs 13.30 lakh from both his personal and his firm’s accounts.When he later asked about his returns and attempted to withdraw funds, his account on the platform was deleted. All the people he was in contact with became unreachable.Virpariya then contacted the cybercrime helpline with an application in March. After a preliminary inquiry, Rajkot Cyber Crime police registered an FIR on Friday and launched an investigation.