A 32-year-old resident of Thane district in Maharashtra fell victim to a fraud committed by two unnamed individuals who swindled him out of more than Rs 2 lakh under the premise of granting a professorial position at Qatar University, officials said on Saturday. 

The complaint, registered on Friday at the Ambernath police station, describes how the victim, who lives in Gautam Nagar, Ambernath, was contacted by accused recruiters via phone and email. They claimed to have offered him a position as a professor at Qatar University, which led him to believe their assertions.