The temptation of getting Rs 6,000 in retrospective effect under a government scheme proved too much for a lab technician, who ended up losing over Rs 1 lakh to the conman who convinced him he was to get the smaller sum.  

The 32-year-old lab technician from Navi Mumbai received a call from an imposter posing as a government servant. The imposter claimed he was an officer attached to the Pradhanmantri Matrutva Vandana Yojna and the technician was entitled to Rs 6,000 under the government scheme.