Work-From-Home Job Scam: Mumbai Woman Lost 10 Lakhs to Online Job Scam
Mumbai: A 49-year-old woman who was looking for a job opportunity lost 10.15 lakh to a Work-from-home Job scam. To earn a high income, the woman was instructed to complete tasks on a Telegram group and make investments in Bitcoin.
After expressing interest in a Facebook advertisement for “work-from-home” jobs that she had seen on January 31, the complainant received a call.
Work-from-Home Job Scam Modus Operandi
According to the complaint, the Work-from-home job scam accused informed her that she needs to like YouTube videos and send screenshots to earn money.”
The accused also forwarded her some Telegram links to YouTube videos. She initially received 150 because she enjoyed the video. She then began to like each Telegram video the accused sent her, but the money was no longer being credited to her bank account as before.
When she enquired, she was told that in order to make money, she would need to complete some tasks and make some investments in Bitcoins. After that, the woman started following all of their instructions and investing money in their tasks.
Work-from-home job scam victim was also “earning” money and could see it being deposited into her “virtual account.”
She once noticed a deposit of 20 lakhs in her virtual account and asked the accused to let her transfer the funds to her bank account. However, she was informed that in order to do so, she must complete one more task and deposit the sum of Rs. 8 lakhs.
This is when she realised she’d been duped. However, she had already lost 10.15 lakh to the Work-from-home job scam and had filed a police complaint on Wednesday.
The Gamdevi police have registered an FIR based on her complaint and are in the process of writing to service providers and banks to obtain details of fraud and fraudulent transactions.
Tips to File a Job Scam Complaint in India
You have the option of sending your complaint against cyber frauds such as job scams via email or letter. To find the contact information for the cyber cell police in different cities, look in the table that is provided below.
| Place | Contact | Address and Email | Website |
| Chennai | 91-044-23452348 91-044-23452350 | ACP, Cyber Crime Cell, Commissioner office Campus Egmore, Chennai- 600008 E-mail id: s.balu@nic.in For Rest of Tamil Nadu, Address: Cyber Crime Cell, CB, CID, Chennai E-mail id: cbcyber@tn.nic.in | NA |
| Bangalore | 91-80-22201026 91-80-22943050 | Cyber Crime Police Station, C.O.D Headquarters, Carlton House, No. 1, Palace Road, Bangalore-1 ccps@blr.vsnl.net.in ccps@kar.nic.in | Check here |
| Hyderabad | +91-040-2324 0663 +91-040-2785 2274 +91-040-2785 2040 +91-040-2329 7474 (Fax) | Cyber Crime Police Station, Crime Investigation Department, 3rd Floor, D.G.P. office, Lakdikapool, Hyderabad–4 cidap@cidap.gov.in info@cidap.gov.in | cybercell_hyd@hyd.appolice.gov.in |
| Delhi | +91-11-24362203 +91-11-26851998 +91-11-26515229 +91-11-24392424 | CBI Cyber Crime Cell:, Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime Investigation Cell, Central Bureau of Investigation, 5th Floor, Block No.3, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 cbiccic@bol.net.in dcp-eow-dl@nic.in | http://cbi.nic.in |
| Uttar Pradesh | 094544 57953 | Sri Balmiki Marg, Inside Hazratganj Police Station, DM Compound Colony, Hazratganj, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226001 Email ID: NA | NA |
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