India, March 21 -- A Bengaluru-based defence employee lost Rs.5 lakh to a fraudulent work-from-home scheme after being lured into making payments for completing online tasks, reported The Times of India. The scam, which began with small investments and initial returns, eventually led to significant financial losses.

According to the report, he victim had initially sought a part-time job for his wife and had shared contact details online. On March 11, he was added to a Telegram group called "Work from Home, Freelance-37," where an administrator named Muskan Aggarwal introduced herself as an HR manager. Claiming to represent an e-commerce company, she informed him that he had been selected for a remote job opportunity. Trusting the offer, ...