Doctor loses Rs 50 lakh in foreign currency investment fraud

What started as a friendly conversation on social media with a woman claiming to give financial advice ended up in a fraud of Rs 50 lakh – a Gurgaon-based doctor has alleged in a police complaint, police said on Sunday.

The doctor works in the surgical oncology department at a hospital in Gurgaon. In his complaint submitted to the Cyber Police Station of South district last month, he said, “A woman befriended me on social media, and she then carried on the conversation on Telegram. After gaining my trust, she said she could offer me advice on gaining maximum return from foreign currency investments.”