A Lucknow woman was recently duped of around ₹7 lakh by cyber criminals who had approached her on the pretext of offering her a job, police said.
The woman, Divya Giri, said in her police complaint that she was contacted by the fraudsters on May 24 through online messaging platform Telegram who offered her a work-from-home job opportunity, the cybercrime cell of Uttar Pradesh Police said in a note on Monday.
A while after she shared her banking details with them, she realised that ₹7 lakh had been deducted from her account, the police added.
“After registering a complaint with the cyber cell, the account to which the money was transferred has been seized. So far, ₹3,34,800 has been transacted back to her account,” the note added.
The cybercrime cell also requested people to be alert in case of being approached online regarding a job opportunity.