Techie duped for ₹71L by cyber fraudsters

PUNE: A 35-year-old woman employed at a multinational IT company fell victim to a cyber fraud scheme, losing ₹71.82 lakh. The incident was reported between September 2 and 15, police officials said.

The victim, Amrapali Chandrashekhar Kulathe, a resident of Kohinnor Korel in Hinjewadi had been contacted by the fraudsters under the guise of completing a task online. Initially, she received a message on her social media account in which a fraudster asked her to write a review of restaurants and hotels against which she would get a good amount of money.