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Udupi, Dec 8: A 55-year-old woman from Udyavara has reportedly lost Rs 31 lac after falling prey to an online work-from-home scam circulated through a Facebook advertisement.

In her complaint to the CEN police station, Vijayalakshmi stated that on November 29 she clicked on a Facebook ad offering “online work from home and earn.” Soon after, she received a WhatsApp message from a man claiming to be an HR executive from the “NSE corporate office.” He asked her to fill out a form if she wished to take up part-time assignments and then began sending her links via WhatsApp and Telegram through which she was given small online “tasks.”

She informed the police that she initially received payments for completing these tasks, which made the offer appear genuine

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