Hyderabad: A woman lost Rs 1,70,000 in a job fraud in Hyderabad recently. The cyber fraudsters lured the victim by offering a job via WhatsApp.
The woman, an employee at a private company in Hyderabad, received messages on WhatsApp from a phone number belonging to her superior. She believed it to be true and transferred the amount.
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Later, she realised it was a cyber fraud since her boss’s number was hacked. The money was transferred to various UPI accounts; She approached the cybercrime unit of the Hyderabad police and filed a complaint; Based on the complaint, the cyber crime unit registered a case and launched the investigation.
