Fake MBBS student blackmails Mumbai doctor with nude photos, extorts Rs 94 lakh
Fraud
Mumbai: In a recent case of cyber fraud, a 35-year-old city doctor has been allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 94 lakh after falling victim to an online sextortion case in which he was blackmailed with his own nude pictures that he shared with a woman he met online.
According to police, the doctor met a woman on social media in February who introduced herself as Somya Awasthi, claiming to be an MBBS student from Chandigarh. They soon exchanged phone numbers and began chatting regularly. She often told him she was lonely.
Over time, she would ask for gifts, and he would transfer money to a bank account she provided, but he never received any proof of the purchases from her. The complainant claimed that they eventually became close and their chats turned intimate. The woman shared nude pictures and asked him to share his own, which the doctor did.
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