Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (TP)
Udupi, Oct 7: A woman reportedly lost Rs 1.93 lac to an online job scam after responding to a fake ‘work-from-home data entry job’ advertisement on social media.
According to the complaint filed, Niloufer (26) on October 2, while browsing Instagram, came across an advertisement offering a work-from-home data entry job. Complainant clicked the link and later received a WhatsApp message from the number 9627289339 offering a job opportunity. Through the message, Niloufer was sent a link that redirected to a Telegram group, where she was introduced to a person named Shabana Khan.
Shabana Khan collected Niloufer’s personal information and later introduced to two others named Sania Patel and Karthik. They assigned Niloufer small online tasks, promising