A 25-year-old New York man was robbed of his cash and rental SUV when he went to visit a stranger, he met on a mobile dating app on Tuesday night.
Police said the man drove to Upper Nelson Street in his MG SUV, at around 7.30 pm and parked the vehicle near the apartment buildings.
He then met a someone who identified themselves as being the person from the app who led him through an alley where he was confronted by five men who beat him and stole his cellphone, bag containing $300 cash and his US credit cards.
They also stole the keys to the SUV.
The bandits stripped the man naked before driving off.
The man ran along Nelson Street where he was helped by passersby and made a report.
Officers of the Besson Street police station later found the vehicle abandoned on Picton Road, Laventille.