{"id":199265,"date":"2024-11-25T21:05:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-nigerias-miracle-fertility-scam-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T21:05:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T21:05:29","slug":"inside-nigerias-miracle-fertility-scam-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/inside-nigerias-miracle-fertility-scam-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Nigeria&#8217;s &#8216;miracle&#8217; fertility scam | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vTco5XuX6cE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Nigeria's 'miracle' fertility scam | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vTco5XuX6cE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has one of the highest birth rates in the world, with women often facing social pressure to conceive and even ostracisation or abuse if they cannot.<\/p>\n<p>Under this pressure, some women go to extremes to realise their dream of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>For over a year, BBC Africa Eye has been investigating the \u201ccryptic pregnancy\u201d scam.<\/p>\n<p>Scammers posing as doctors or nurses convince women that they have a \u201cmiracle fertility treatment\u201d guaranteed to get them pregnant. 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