A Canadian woman visiting the Taj Mahal bought three rubies for $2,700 (around Rs 2,70,000) from a showroom in the Tajganj area of Agra. While exploring the local market, she was confident she had made a valuable purchase. However, upon returning home, she was devastated to discover that the rubies she had bought were fake.

After getting the stones checked in her home country, the woman was shocked to discover they were fake. Devastated, she tried reaching out to the showroom owner, but he avoided her calls and eventually blocked her number.

To get justice, the tourist filed a complaint with the Agra tourism police through email and WhatsApp. The police are investigating the case. This incident highlights a common issue in Agra, where tourists are often tricked by scams, such as fake shopping deals and offers to skip Taj Mahal queues.

Such incidents often happen to foreigners. A few months ago, a US woman named Cherish was scammed in Jaipur. She was sold fake jewellery worth just Rs 300 for a shocking Rs 6 crore by a jeweller in Rajasthan. Cherish bought silver jewellery with gold polish from a shop in Johri Bazaar, Jaipur. When she showed the jewellery at an exhibition in the US this April, it turned out to be fake. After finding out, Cherish came back to India to confront the shop owner.