Two job aspirants lose over Rs 10L in online scams | Mangaluru News

Udupi: In separate complaints filed by victims, they alleged that fraudsters contacted them, gained their trust with false promises of job opportunities, and tricked them into transferring large sums of money.A woman reportedly fell prey to an online job scam and lost Rs 7.6 lakh. In a complaint, Renuka stated that the incident took place when she was watching a video related to job opportunities on Instagram on July 18 and was prompted to enquire further. She sent a message saying “Hai” via WhatsApp, after which she received a link from that number. Upon opening the link, she was directed to contact a Telegram username, and was instructed to enter a salary code and reach out for further communication. As instructed, the complainant shared her name, address, and bank details.Following this, the accused gave her several tasks. Initially, they took money from her and returned small amounts as part of the task completion to gain her trust. Gradually, they made her complete more tasks and tricked her into transferring a total of Rs 7.6 lakh. A case was registered at the Manipal police station invoking Sections 316(2), 318(4), 319(2) of the BNS, and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act.In another case, a man fell victim to a job scam and lost Rs 2.9 lakh. In a complaint, Mallappa stated that the incident took place on July 24. He received a call from an unknown person who claimed to be calling from a company named Rent.com. The caller assured the complainant of providing a job, and under this pretext, convinced him to transfer money. The complainant allegedly transferred Rs 50,000 via UPI and Rs 1.4 lakh via RTGS, and on Aug 1 transferred an additional Rs 1 lakh via RTGS to the accused’s account. However, he claimed that the accused neither provided any job nor returned the money. In this connection, a case was registered at the Udupi Town police station invoking Section 318(4) of the BNS and Section 66(D) of the IT Act.Man loses Rs 33k in KYC scamA man fell victim to a KYC scam and allegedly lost Rs 33,700. In a complaint, Praveen stated that he received a call from an unknown person on July 31, stating that his SBI credit card KYC needed to be updated. The caller sent him a link claiming it was for KYC updation. The complainant opened the link, filled in all the required details, and even entered the OTP that was sent. Subsequently, he received a message stating that a total of Rs 33,700 was debited from his credit card. A case was registered at the Udupi Town police station under Section 318(4) of the BNS and Section 66(D) of the IT Act.