<p>Udupi: In a case of cyber fraud, a woman from Marne village has reportedly lost over Rs 8.5 lakh to fraudsters who lured her through a fake part-time job offer on the messaging platform Telegram.</p><p>The victim, Sushma (31), received a message on June 10, on her Telegram account from a user named "Vanya", offering a part-time job. </p><p>After Sushma responded positively, she was further contacted by two Telegram accounts – "Vanya" and "Mentor Kuldeep" – who assigned her tasks such as taking and sending screenshots of various hotels.</p>.New cyber frauds call for AI-sensitive reflex.<p>The fraudsters claimed that payments would be credited to her account after every three tasks. However, once the tasks were completed, they informed her that an error had occurred in processing her earnings and demanded that she deposit 30 per cent of the total amount to unlock the funds.</p><p>Believing the claim, Sushma transferred a total of Rs 8,53,225 to multiple accounts as instructed. Despite repeated attempts to recover her money, neither the promised earnings nor her deposited amount were returned.</p><p>Realising she had been cheated, Sushma filed a complaint at Ajekaru Police Station. A case has been registered under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, and Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.</p>
<p>Udupi: In a case of cyber fraud, a woman from Marne village has reportedly lost over Rs 8.5 lakh to fraudsters who lured her through a fake part-time job offer on the messaging platform Telegram.</p><p>The victim, Sushma (31), received a message on June 10, on her Telegram account from a user named "Vanya", offering a part-time job. </p><p>After Sushma responded positively, she was further contacted by two Telegram accounts – "Vanya" and "Mentor Kuldeep" – who assigned her tasks such as taking and sending screenshots of various hotels.</p>.New cyber frauds call for AI-sensitive reflex.<p>The fraudsters claimed that payments would be credited to her account after every three tasks. However, once the tasks were completed, they informed her that an error had occurred in processing her earnings and demanded that she deposit 30 per cent of the total amount to unlock the funds.</p><p>Believing the claim, Sushma transferred a total of Rs 8,53,225 to multiple accounts as instructed. Despite repeated attempts to recover her money, neither the promised earnings nor her deposited amount were returned.</p><p>Realising she had been cheated, Sushma filed a complaint at Ajekaru Police Station. A case has been registered under Sections 319(2) and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, and Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.</p>