UP teacher thought she was investing with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, lost ₹1.57 crore

She thought she was talking to Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. By the time Alison Weems, a retired teacher from Chakeri, realised the deception, ₹1.57 crore had vanished from her accounts. What began with a single friend request in January 2025 unfolded into a 13-month-long fraud involving multiple fake identities, fake companies, and a fake lawyer—each layer more elaborate than the last.

Weems, who spent decades teaching at a Methodist school in Kanpur, reportedly believed she was entering a partnership to open a new school in the city.