Woman loses Rs 7.23 lakh after clicking on link with part-time job offer, here is what happened

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In the last couple of months, cyber crimes in India have shown a rapid increase and stories of innocent people being duped of their hard-earned money have surfaced online..

In most cases, the scammers approach the victim via a text message or a phone call and narrate a convincing story to them, which often contains monetary profit as a hook..

The cybercriminals then gain the victims' trust by crediting a small amount of money to their account..

After she sent the job code to the aforementioned Telegram account, the cybercriminals asked the woman for her bank details...

The scammers deposited money in the woman's account over the course of the next couple of days for completing various tasks..