Popular Nigerian physician and health advocate, Dr. Chinonso Egemba, better known as Aproko Doctor, has issued a warning about a growing scam preying on women desperate for pregnancy solutions.

In a post on his official X account on September 15, Aproko Doctor wrote:

“There’s a pregnancy SCAM going on: Anybody that tells you that another person cannot see the baby in your womb with an ultrasound scan is about to scam you. If there’s a pregnancy, it would be seen by ultrasound scans.

A lot of women are being scammed this way. Then they pump them full of drugs to mimic pregnancy and tell them not to do scans. Then produce a baby and give it to the woman. It’s a criminal racket.”

His warning resurfaced following controversy over a testimony shared by actress and former Big Brother Naija star, Bambam, who claimed in a September 14 post that a woman in her church carried a pregnancy for three years and four months before delivering safely.

Bambam described the case as “God’s miracle.”

Amid the viral testimony, another medical expert, Dr. Olusina Ajidahun (The Bearded Dr. Sina), co-founder of Priv Health and member of the World Health Organisation, also spoke up. Instead of addressing Bambam’s case directly, he revisited a January 4, 2023 thread on fraudulent practices commonly called “cryptic pregnancies,” recently reposting it to reinforce his warning.

In the thread, he wrote, “Are we ready to talk about one of the biggest scams & frauds perpetrated by some hospitals in the name of cryptic pregnancy? A lot of women have given testimonies of miracle babies that they don’t know are stolen, and no one sees except their doctors.”

He alleged that women are manipulated with hormone injections, fake ultrasound scans, and billed millions of naira.

“These women are injected with female sex hormones that mimic pregnancy, leaving them bloated, vomiting, and with swollen legs. They are shown fake scans and told not to seek second opinions. On the supposed day of delivery, they are sedated, and babies they never carried are handed to them,” he said.

BBC Africa Eye, in an investigation published between November 24 and 27, 2024, also revealed how fraudsters exploit women through the so-called “cryptic pregnancy” scam.

The report showed that women were injected with hormones to mimic pregnancy, told not to undergo scans, and eventually handed babies believed to have been trafficked.

“It’s a fertility scam that’s ruthless. Women pay large sums for fake treatments… then they are tricked into believing they’re pregnant and sent home with a baby believed to have been trafficked,” the BBC reported.

The investigation further uncovered facilities where even teenagers were held against their will, while victims told the BBC they were left “confused” and devastated.

The resurfacing of Aproko Doctor’s caution, amplified by The_Bearded_Dr_Sina in connection to Bambam’s viral testimony, underscores the urgent need for vigilance against such fraudulent practices.

With Nigerian doctors and international investigations pointing to the same dangerous trend, experts urge women to seek proper medical attention and rely on evidence-based science rather than unverified miracle claims.

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