Archive · 18 Aug 2025
Surgeon Loses ₹95 Lakh to Elaborate Online Blackmail Scam
A doctor in Parel was tricked out of almost a crore of rupees by someone online.
This person, pretending to be a student, became friends with the doctor and exchanged private messages and pictures.
Then, the scammer said they were being blackmailed by a hacker and needed money to prevent their chats from being made public.
The doctor, afraid of the messages being leaked, gave the scammer a lot of money over several months.
Eventually, the doctor realized the bank account details didn't match the person they knew.
A 35-year-old orthopaedic surgeon was defrauded of ₹95 lakh in an online scam.
The scammer, posing as an MBBS student, established an intimate online relationship with the surgeon.
The scammer claimed to be hacked and threatened to release private chats unless paid.
The surgeon made 42 transactions from April to July, totaling ₹94.47 lakhs.
The surgeon realized the bank account was under a different name after the payments.
- Who
- A 35-year-old orthopaedic surgeon and a person posing as an MBBS student from Chandigarh.
- What
- An orthopaedic surgeon was defrauded of ₹95 lakh through an online scam.
- When
- The fraud occurred from April to July, following an initial online contact early in 2025.
- Where
- Parel, Mumbai, and online.
- Why
- The scammer used emotional manipulation and threats to extort money from the surgeon.
- Victim
- 35-year-old orthopaedic surgeon
- Location
- Parel, Mumbai
- Scam Type
- Cyber fraud, blackmail
- Amount Cheated
- ₹95 lakh
- Transactions
- 42
- Duration of Payments
- April to July