Woman tries to pay Rs 50 for online job form, duped of Rs 1.55 lakh

A 38-year-old woman in Thane city was recently tricked into transferring Rs 1.55 lakh from her bank account after she filled up an online job application form giving away her banking details and the One Time Passwords (OTPs). The woman was working as an accounts manager in a beauty solutions private company.

The complainant had approached the police on July 24 and registered an FIR at Naupada police station against unknown persons. She told police that she had received an email on July 9 from an unknown email id purported to be sent by a bank for a job opening along with a link for the job’s application form.