Two men from Tiruvannamalai held for online job fraud
The Cyber Crime Police in the West Zone, Greater Chennai City Police has arrested two men who allegedly cheated several persons after receiving money by promising an online part time job.
According to police, the complainant is V.Naganandini, 27 of Virugambakkam. The complainant said she received a Whatsapp message on the mobile phone promising an online part time job for Youtube promotion from an unknown person.
Believing the message, the complainant started to complete the tasks assigned by the fraudster for getting high returns. She was then forced to make several payments to bank accounts that were mentioned by fraudsters but she did not receive her money back. She lost ₹3.61 lakh to the fraudsters.
After analysing the call records, the Cyber Crime Police traced and arrested two men who have been identified as P.Selvam, 28 and S.Saravanan, 29 of Tiruvannamalai district. Efforts are on to trace other suspects who were involved in the offence.
Meanwhile, the Cyber Crime Police in North Zone has arrested a 39-year-old man for the same fraud. The suspect has been identified as S.Veeraraghavan, 39 of Thirunindravur, Tiruvallur district and he was arrested by the police following a complaint from K.Mohanapriya, 27 of Old Washermenpet.
The complainant alleged that she had received a call from a person claiming to represent Media Agency Recruitment in February last year. The caller offered an online part-time job that she would earn Rs 200 if she sent screenshots of a few videos.
After clicking the links sent by the caller, she joined a group and received a meagre amount as an enumeration. Subsequently, the fraudster promised to get high returns if she invested more. Believing their words, she transferred Rs 4.54 lakh in 49 instalments to bank accounts mentioned by the caller. Later she could not withdraw the money and realised that she was cheated.
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