Hyderabad businessman tries to sell kidney for Rs.1.6 Cr, loses Rs.21 Lakh

Hyderabad: A city-based businessman, who was promised Rs.1.6 crore in return for his kidney, ended up losing Rs.21 lakh in what appears to be an online fraud pulled off by a Nigerian gang.

According to the police, the victim had come across an advertisement on the internet about kidney donation. When he got in touch with the persons whose contact numbers were given, they told him they would pay him a whopping Rs.1.6 crore for his kidney.

As he had already suffered huge losses in his business and was in debts, the man decided to go for the deal. He had first talked to one person, who introduced himself as Dr. Wesley, who then introduced him to two other persons, who claimed to be the doctors who



would be carrying out the ‘operation’.

The ‘doctors’ explained the various procedures he would have to go through for the surgery and allegedly began collecting money from him in installments on the pretext of various charges, saying he would be paid the Rs.1.6 crore in full after the surgery.The businessman ended up paying Rs.21 lakh in a span of six months, transferring the amounts into 30 bank accounts provided to him by the ‘doctors’, whom he never met in person.

The businessman approached the Rachakonda Cybercrime police on realizing that he was cheated and lodged a complaint. The police, who suspect a Nigerian gang to be behind the fraud, have registered a case and are investigating.