Miracle cure or health product with advance payment
A product promises to cure a serious illness, asks for advance payment, and delivers nothing or something harmful.
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How it works
- An ad, video or caller promises a herbal or foreign medicine that fully cures diabetes, cancer, kidney disease or joint pain, often with doctor videos and patient stories you cannot check.
- You are asked to pay in advance for a full course, sometimes with a "consultation" fee and a "limited stock" discount.
- Nothing arrives, or a cheap and possibly harmful product arrives, and when you complain they ask for more money for a "stronger course".
What it looks like
Example messages. Numbers and links are masked.
Sugar free in 30 days! Stop insulin forever with our 100% natural formula. Doctor approved. Pay Rs 4,999 in advance, only 50 packs left.
Uncle, your report shows the problem is serious. Our special 3-month course is Rs 18,000. Pay today and the courier will reach in 2 days.
Red flags
- Promises to cure a serious disease completely
- Advice to stop your regular medicines
- Full payment in advance
- Doctor or celebrity videos you cannot verify
- "Limited stock" pressure
The one question to ask
If this medicine really cured the disease, why would your own doctor not know about it?
Already paid or shared details?
Do not take the product, and keep taking the medicines your doctor prescribed. If you paid online, call 1930 and file a complaint at cybercrime.gov.in with the ad, messages and payment details.
1930 · cybercrime.gov.in
Also seen as
- "Guaranteed" weight loss or hair regrowth products
- Fake doctor consultations on video call
- Devices that claim to cure pain or blood pressure