Cyber criminals dupe woman techie of Rs 1.10 crore in Hyderabad; cops begin probe

A woman techie was duped of Rs.1.10 crore in Hyderabad by cybercriminals. Police registered a case in this connection and a probe into the incident has begun.

Hyderabad: Cyber fraudsters are evolving new ways to deceive gullible people. Now, criminals are misusing social media for committing online fraud. One such cheating was detected in Hyderabad recently. The cybercriminals duped a woman techie of Rs 1.10 crore. These cheatings were taking place in the form of phishing links asking the recipients to open them or advertisements luring customers to attractive gift offers.

The fraudsters extorted Rs 1.10 crore from a woman for commenting on social media posts. The victim was tricked by the miscreants that if she gave a rating, she could earn good money while staying at home. Police said that the woman is a software engineer and works in a company. She stays in the Peeramcheruvu locality of Hyderabad. "Recently, she received a message on Telegram that her phone number was known through the recruiting partner. She could earn money by giving ratings or reviews," police said quoting the victim.

The Telegram Group link was forwarded to the recipient and she was asked to click on it. Thereafter, she was added to the Group. In the same manner, another person sent a message on Telegram to post comments about the page. The victim reverted and also sent screenshots. Once the first task was completed, another person called her up to send the bank account particulars, so that the money can be deposited. Some money was deposited in her bank account to convince her.

The victim was again told to send one thousand rupees before assigning her a new task. The victim was asked to remit Rs 99,999 to the fraudsters' bank account in the name of completing tasks. Hence, in this manner, cyber criminals extorted Rs 1.10 crore in several instalments between May 7 and June 8. After finishing all the tasks, the victim attempted to withdraw the money but this did not happen. Finally, she realised that it was a fraud and approached the cyber crime police of Cyberabad. The police registered a case and launched a probe into the incident.