Mumbai: Man lured with hefty commission for online tasks, duped of Rs 7.19 lakh

Cyber-fraudsters have come up with a new modus operandi where they make their victims invest money for taking up online tasks in the name of Amazon and Flipkart and lure them into investing money by promising hefty commission on completion of these online tasks.

A 55-year-old self-employed man from Charkop is their latest victim who has been duped of Rs 7.19 lakh. They made him invest the money by making him believe he had earned Rs 4.19 lakh commission in a period of mere three days from October 10 to 12.

An FIR was registered on October 27 with the Charkop police station. The complainant lives in Kandivali (west) with his wife and daughter.