Among one of Odisha's most notorious fraudsters, Swain targeted women that were middle-aged, educated, and well-off but were coping with divorce, or had family issues. In a similar manner, Swain laid elaborate traps and took advantage of the women’s helplessness. In the documentary, a notorious man posed as a wealthy heir and wooed women online, then conned them of millions of dollars.
A man named Ramesh Kumar Swain, who married and defrauded 27 women from 10 different states for money is India's 'Tinder Swindler', named after a documentary on Netflix. When the world was hit by COVID pandemic, there was a spike in the number of people flocking to the internet to seek some online company during isolation. Many cybercriminals often do this through popular social media sites like Instagram or Facebook or dating apps like Tinder. Dating apps and sites are cluttered with a plethora of fake profiles where thousands of scamsters trap innocent individuals under the guise of romance and dupe them.