'All India Pregnant Job' scam in Bihar: Fraudsters offering money for 'impregnating' women arrested

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₹13 lakh to men for ‘impregnating women’ who were not able to conceive a child with their partners. A total of eight people were arrested in Bihar's Nawada for allegedly luring men into scandalous schemes on social media, according to a Times of India report. Also Read: Banking-related scams surged over 2X in H1FY23 from last year: RBI Report The group operated as 'All India Pregnant Job (Baby Birth Service),' on different social media platforms and used to lure men to participate in job service where they will get an opportunity to earn money by impregnating women.

Also Read: QR code scams: How to identify and be safe from such tricks According to the news report, the group used to charge a registration fee of ₹799 from interested candidates. Afterward, they were allowed to pay security amounts varying from ₹5,000 to ₹20,000. Also Read:RBI, HDFC, ICICI banks receive threat mail for executing 'biggest scam' in India: 'All bombs will blast if...' On the successful completion of their task of making women pregnant who were unable to concieve a child, these men were told to receive a handsome amount of ₹13 lakh, according to the ToI Report.

The fraud group used to target people on social media platforms like Facebook and even WhatsApp. After registration of men, the group used to send photos of different girls for choice. After the selection, the victim was asked to pay a security amount ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹2,000.