In what comes as a shocking incident, a Bengaluru woman was cheated of Rs 60 lakh by scammers who were offering a fake part-time job opportunity. According to reports, the woman is a 27-year-old software engineer living in the Sarjapur area of the city. She lost her money during the week September 11-19. It all started when she got a text message with a link informing her about the part-time job.
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On clicking, she was taken to a Telegram group. There, she was asked to review hotels and earn Rs 100 for the same.
Initially, the woman got a small amount for reviewing hotels. However, later, the scammers informed her about an investment opportunity which could help her earn good bucks.
The woman then started investing and withdrew money from her and her mother-in-law’s account. Eventually, she invested Rs 60 lakh. However, only when she did not get the offered job, she realised that she had been cheated.
This is not the first time such a scam is making headlines. Earlier, a Reddit user took to the social media site and shared a new scam by taxi drivers which has been gaining momentum. Going by an anonymous name, the woman shared an incident that happened with her mother. She explained that her mother was flying out of Bangalore T2 and had booked her cab to the same. “(For those of you who might be unaware, Uber shows you the list of different airlines while flying out of Bangalore and books your ride to either T1 or T2 based on the airlines you choose)” she explained. She further explained that on the way to the airport, the driver told her mother that the drop location is T1 and not T2.
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Even though the woman knew that it wasn’t T1for several reasons, the driver kept on insisting.
When she checked the app on entering the airport, Uber showed that she booked the ride to be dropped off at T2 and not T1 as the driver was insisting. The main motive was to make more and more people aware about the scam gaining momentum.
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