An Owerri-based Nigerian doctor has raised awareness over the increasing rate of Cryptic pregnancy scam in the South East.
In a series of tweets, Dr Abah Ehi Peter shared his encounter with a lady who was recently paid some money with the hope of getting pregnant only to discover it was all a lie.
The cryptic pregnancy scammers supposedly “inject women with high level of oestrogen and sometimes progesterone hormones that cause the abdomen to bloat/enlarge, formation of cysts and appearance of being pregnant”. At the 9th month the women are booked for elective ceaserian section and given babies.
Read his tweets below.
Read his tweets below.