Delhi Police has arrested three people in connection with a fraud, where over 30,000 people were made to believe that they were being offered work-from-home jobs and were duped of Rs 200 crore in total.
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After the arrests, police revealed that the website server used by the scammers was traced to China and financial transactions to companies based in Dubai.
How scammers duped the complainant
The cops pursued the case after receiving a woman’s complaint on September 26 last year.
The woman, a Rohini resident, saw an advertisement on Instagram offering her Rs 15,000 a day for working from home and registered herself, Times Of India reported.
After the woman came on board, she was told by the scammers that her work entailed growing sales for a particular online store.
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While the screen of the work website showed money being collected in the woman’s wallet, her employers also directed her to buy some online products at discounted prices.
After spending a sum of Rs 1.2 lakh, the woman learned that she was not receiving any money purportedly accruing to her account.
Telegram, WhatsApp IDs used by scammers based abroad
Following her complaint, the police filed a case on November 20 at the cyber police station in the Outer North district. During the probe, a team was constituted under the supervision of ACP Yashpal Singh.
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