Hyderabad Woman Duped of Rs 4.49 Lakh in Trade Market Fraud Scheme

In a complaint lodged with the city cybercrime unit (CCCU) on Monday, she said that some persons had called her on her Whatsapp some months back offering to hire her and pay huge commissions to promote videos and photos by way of liking, rating, and sharing them. Initially, the scammers assigned the victim a task to give a 5-star rating.

For the first task, she received Rs 120 and for completing the second task, she was paid Rs 300 to demonstrate their genuineness. On her request for work,, she was sent a link (https://t.me/+0E6-RobciMo2MzZh) via WhatsApp asking her to create an account.

She was told to pay Rs 1,000 against getting Rs 1,300 in return, which they did, a CCU officer said. The fraudsters convinced her to invest larger amounts, promising significant returns, he said. After collecting Rs 4, 49,740 overall, they stopped returning money but promised a refund. In fact, they asked her to invest more. Realising that was cheated, she approached CCU, the officer said.

In a public advisory, the authorities cautioned people not to fall prey to part-time jobs and investment frauds. They adviced cybercrime fraud victims to immediately dial 1930, visit cybercrime.gov.in or call on WhatsApp 8712665171.