‘Israel-made time machine’ and the promise of youth in UP couple’s massive scam
A couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur conned dozens of elderly people out of ₹35 crore by promising to restore their youth with an ‘Israel-made time machine’
A couple in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur conned dozens of elderly people out of ₹35 crore by promising to restore their youth with an ‘Israel-made time machine’. Rajeev Kumar Dubey and his wife, Rashmi Dubey, ran the massive scam out of their ‘therapy centre’ where they claimed a machine from Israel would transform a 60-year-old into a 25-year-old. Located in Kanpur's Kidwai Nagar area, Revival World served as the epicentre of the scam.
‘Age reversal through oxygen therapy’
A UP couple scammed dozens by promising to restore their youth through a time machine (Representational image)
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The Dubeys conned dozens of elderly people with the promise of youth. They claimed that they had imported a ‘time machine’ from Israel, using which their customers could have their youth restored with oxygen therapy.
The couple told gullible seniors that too much pollution in the air was leading to rapid ageing. With oxygen therapy, they promised, one could get younger in a few months.
"They offered packages for ₹6,000 for 10 sessions and ₹90,000 for a three-year reward system," senior police official Anjali Vishwakarma was quoted as saying by NDTV.
A pyramid scheme
Three couples have come forward to claim they were duped by Rajeev Kumar and Rashmi Dubey. Renu Singh Chandel, one of the victims, said she was cheated out of ₹10.75 lakh. She has alleged that the Kanpur-based scamsters conned dozens of people out of ₹35 crore in total.
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According to Times of India, Chandel said that the couple turned their operation into a pyramid scheme. If one customer brought another person along, they would get the next session for free.
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According to Times of India, Chandel said that the couple turned their operation into a pyramid scheme. If one customer brought another person along, they would get the next session for free.
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Police estimate that around 25 couples have lost money in the scam. The Dubeys are currently absconding and it is suspected that they have fled the country.
A search is underway to locate the couple and airports have been alerted to prevent them from fleeing.
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.
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