A fraudster claiming to be a senior embassy official from Washington DC, who took over Rs 2 lakh from a Mumbai doctor for a US visa, was exposed by an inadvertent WhatsApp video call. The doctor realized the man was in Mumbai, not the US, and reported him to the police. They are now searching for him.
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