A 40-year-old Mumbai man was cheated of Rs 37.80 lakh on the pretext of earning a good commission. The victim received a Telegram message from an unknown woman, offering him an online opportunity to earn money by rating some products of her company.
Later, another woman reached out to him and told him to complete certain tasks on the website. She shared a link to a website and asked him to login. Upon completing the task, the woman promised the victim that he would earn good money and the money would be sent directly to his e-wallet on the website.
He was told that he would have to pay some premium charges which would be returned to him with his earnings later. Later, after getting pending notifications while withdrawing money from his e-wallet, he found out that the website and the Telegram group were deleted.
The victim later filed a complaint in a police station and a case was registered under section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the IPC and section 66D (cheating by personation by using computer resources) of the Information Technology Act.
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