Woman loses Rs 2.10 lakh to Fake UK doctor on social media
Cyber Crime
Lucknow: A healthcare worker from Lucknow has been duped of Rs. 2.10 lakh by a man posing as an England-based doctor on social media on the pretext of sending her gifts. The cybercrime wing has registered a case and launched an investigation into the incident.
According to India Today, the victim has been identified as a resident of Bigahu village in Kakori, and she came across a man identifying himself as “Dr. Sameer” on Facebook on July 20. Introducing himself as a doctor from England, he initiated conversations around health-related issues to gain her trust. Days later, he added her to a WhatsApp group and claimed he was sending her a gift. Though Sandhya initially refused, she eventually relented after repeated messages from him.
Soon afterwards, the victim received a phone call from someone claiming to be a customs officer at Mumbai Airport. The caller told her that to release the parcel supposedly being sent by Dr. Sameer, she would have to pay taxes and processing charges. Believing the claim, she transferred Rs. 2.10 lakh in three separate payments. However, when the promised package never arrived, she realised that she had been conned and approached the police.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that in a similar cyber fraud case, a doctor at Ameen Hospital in Rayachoti allegedly fell victim to a drug parcel scam, losing a staggering Rs 2 crore to scammers posing as police officers. The scam began when the doctor received a phone call from a number showing the photo of a police officer. The caller claimed that a drug package had been sent in his name from London and that a case had been filed against him.
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