Surat: Cyber miscreants have cheated a resident of Vesu area of the city of Rs 29.89 lakh. The victim, Suprabhat Dasgupta, who works as Deputy General Manager in a leading company HajraTold the police, he was given YouTube subscription pre-paid task to earn money online.
By luring more commission, the miscreants asked him to pay more to earn more. Cyber crime police has started investigating the matter.
As per the details of the case, Dasgupta has accounts on WhatsApp Wire, On May 6, he received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown person who identified himself as Meera. logic information system,
He told Dasgupta where did he get her number Naukri.com And introduced a scheme that he can earn 500 to 3,000 rupees daily by subscribing the channel on YouTube.
After agreeing to the plan, a link was shared with Dasgupta to subscribe to three YouTube channels and he earned Rs 150 initially. later came the name of another woman Laxmi Asked him for his bank details to transfer the money. Dasgupta gave the details and Rs 150 was transferred to his account.
After that, Lakshmi sent her a link and asked her to join a group on Telegram. After joining the group, he kept subscribing to the channel through the link sent in the group. After a few days, Lakshmi lured Dasgupta with a higher commission (Rs 60 per task as against Rs 20 now) on participating in pre-paid tasks.
Dasgupta registered with the scheme and started transferring money in the name of pre-paid works.
Initially, he got three times the commission for transferring money. However, after transferring a large amount, money stopped coming into his account. Between May 6 and 15, Dasgupta transferred a total of Rs 30.20 lakh from his bank account to various bank accounts.
However, he got back only Rs 30,450 as commission, Dasgupta told the cybercrime police which launched an investigation into the fraud.
By luring more commission, the miscreants asked him to pay more to earn more. Cyber crime police has started investigating the matter.
As per the details of the case, Dasgupta has accounts on WhatsApp Wire, On May 6, he received a message on WhatsApp from an unknown person who identified himself as Meera. logic information system,
He told Dasgupta where did he get her number Naukri.com And introduced a scheme that he can earn 500 to 3,000 rupees daily by subscribing the channel on YouTube.
After agreeing to the plan, a link was shared with Dasgupta to subscribe to three YouTube channels and he earned Rs 150 initially. later came the name of another woman Laxmi Asked him for his bank details to transfer the money. Dasgupta gave the details and Rs 150 was transferred to his account.
After that, Lakshmi sent her a link and asked her to join a group on Telegram. After joining the group, he kept subscribing to the channel through the link sent in the group. After a few days, Lakshmi lured Dasgupta with a higher commission (Rs 60 per task as against Rs 20 now) on participating in pre-paid tasks.
Dasgupta registered with the scheme and started transferring money in the name of pre-paid works.
Initially, he got three times the commission for transferring money. However, after transferring a large amount, money stopped coming into his account. Between May 6 and 15, Dasgupta transferred a total of Rs 30.20 lakh from his bank account to various bank accounts.
However, he got back only Rs 30,450 as commission, Dasgupta told the cybercrime police which launched an investigation into the fraud.