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IT professional duped of Rs 8.25 lakh by cyber fraudsters on pretext of providing job to give online reviews

UncategorizedIT professional duped of Rs 8.25 lakh by cyber fraudsters on pretext of providing job to give online reviews
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IT skilled from Pune duped of Rs 8.25 by cyber fraudsters. (Representational picture)

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Pune: In an incident of on-line fraud, an IT skilled was duped of Rs 8.25 lakh by cyber fraudsters. The sufferer is a resident of Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad space. The cyber crooks tricked the IT skilled by providing her a job to present on-line opinions in return for a good-looking earnings. A grievance was registered within the matter on the Wakad Police Station.
The 35-year-old sufferer works in a multinational IT firm in Pune. The incident came about in February this yr. In keeping with a report revealed in The Indian Express, the lady was added to a telephone messenger-based group within the third week of February.

The sufferer was then reportedly approached by a number of the individuals added to the group. They provided her the job of giving on-line opinions for numerous firms and companies. She was purported to publish the opinions on search engines like google.

The sufferer agreed to the phrases and situations provided by the fraudsters. The accused requested for cash from her on the pretext of finishing sure formalities. The accused even paid her some quantity for giving such opinions to achieve her belief.

“Subsequently, more cash was sought from her. Some time later, the returns stopped and the individuals she was involved with went incommunicado. After realising that she had been cheated, the complainant approached the police,” a police officer instructed the media home.

As per officers, a 45-year-old girl additionally misplaced Rs 65,000 to on-line fraudsters in the identical method. The police added each complaints in the identical FIR. An in depth investigation has been launched into the matter.

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