23 August,2023 01:58 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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A 33-year-old woman from Navi Mumbai has allegedly lost Rs 17 lakh after being lured by fraudsters with an online job offer, police told news agency PTI on Wednesday.
Two unidentified persons contacted the victim, from Kamothe area in Navi Mumbai, via Telegram app and offered her an online reviewing task on a website for which she was promised lucrative returns, an official from the Cyber police station told PTI.
For the job offered, the persons allegedly took Rs 17,00,629 from her between August 9 and 14, 2023, the official told PTI.
After completing the task, when the victim sought payment of her earnings and the money which she had given to them, the persons gave her evasive replies and later became unreachable, the official told PTI.
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The woman approached the cyber police station in Navi Mumbai on Monday and filed a complaint, the official told PTI.
The police have registered an FIR against two unidentified persons under sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Information Technology Act, the official told PTI.
No arrest has been made so far, the police said, adding a probe is on into the case.
In another incident, a 26-year-old woman from Nagpur lost Rs 2.4 lakh after falling prey to cyber fraud, an official told PTI on August 19.
Complainant Tshiwang Ladol originally belongs to Leh in the Union Territory of Ladakh and lives in the Somwari Quarter area, said the official. She is pursuing a course in physical education in Nagpur.
Ladol recently received an offer through the Telegram app for an online job.
She was told to complete a few simple online tasks and received some amount, the official told PTI.
"investments". This way, she paid Rs 2.4 lakh to the fraudsters who were in touch with her through the app.
According to PTI, after realising that she had been cheated, Ladol approached the police on Friday.
A case has been registered under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, the official told PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
