A case has been registered in the Koparkhairane police station in the case of fraud of INR 18.51 lakh by giving the task of advertising the company Amazon in various WhatsApp groups. The plaintiff is a 70-year-old senior citizen and lives in Ghansoli. Daughter of a retired 70 year old senior citizen residing in Ghansoli was added to VIP 4 Amazon Global Recruitment India group from an unknown number. Mike, the administrator of the said group and everyone in the group colluded and gave a paid task to the plaintiff's daughter. Also asked to join Telegram group 5000 VIP task 2215. Accordingly the plaintiff's daughter entered the Telegram group.
At this place people were lured that they could earn money by advertising products of Amazon. Money was also given in the beginning. But if you have more money, you can earn more money if you deposit it. Various bank account numbers were given for that. Payments were made from the plaintiff's account with the intention of earning money by advertising from home. But from time to time money was demanded by showing the lure of more money.
Between May 29 and June 6, the plaintiff deposited 18 lakh 51 thousand 783 rupees in the various accounts of the accused and also completed the given tasks, but as she was not getting the money, when she realised that she was being cheated, she filed a complaint against the accused in the Koparkhairane police station.
Taking cognizance, the police have registered a case of fraud under the cyber crime section. In this way fraudsters use the name of a reputed company but it has often come to light that in reality the fraudsters have no connection with the respective reputed company. This information was given by the police.