Dehradun, May 21 -- A young woman from Dehradun lost Rs 6.05 lakh in a work-from-home fraud. She said that a person posing as an Amazon employee added her to a Telegram group and offered her small online tasks. Believing the offer to be genuine, she started completing the tasks. However, after a few initial payments, the fraudsters kept asking for more money and eventually stopped responding.
Mahvish Mukhtar has lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station, stating that on 27 April, she was added to a Telegram group named "HR Freelancing Circle". The members of the group claimed to offer online tasks related to Amazon.
At first, she was asked to complete small tasks and was added to another group with only six members. One membe...