Part-time job frauds and unauthorised transactions top cybercrimes in Hyderabad
A 52-year-old businessman from Nagole filed a petition with the cybercrime wing after he noticed eight unauthorised transactions from his bank credit cards to the tune of 1,52,777
Hyderabad: Cybercrimes being carried out using modus operandi of various kinds are being registered with Rachakonda cybercrime wing.
It has been noticed that loss of amounts within `10 lakh pertain to scams revolving around part-time jobs and unauthorised transactions, whereas the losses are massive in investment trading and stocks scams.
In one such scam in the name of a part-time job, a private employee was contacted by a mentor for a shopping platform, Meesho. The person offered the victim a part-time job where she could earn up to 10, 000 per transaction. She started with a modest deposit of `100 to which a profit of `280 was reflected. Eventually the amount kept increasing and she also showed her interest as the promised profits were also displayed on the screen.
When the victim tried to withdraw the amount, the mentor recommended guide started charging for personal tax, handling fees, including the money laundering charges as the investment was over `two lakh. She then realized she was duped of ` 2,79,875.
In another incident, a 52-year-old businessman from Nagole filed a petition with the cybercrime wing after he noticed eight unauthorised transactions from his RBL and Yes Bank credit cards to the tune of `1,52,777/-. The victim in his complaint stated that he had neither received any OTP request nor entered any OTP on any platform. However, he noticed PM Kisan Yojana on his mobile, but he claimed he had no knowledge of downloading it.
The sleuths registered two complaints and launched investigation.
