Man held from Guj for duping youth of Rs 20L in e-task fraud

MUMBAI: The Cyber police on Friday arrested a man from Gujarat in connection with a task fraud case where he and his associates allegedly cheated a manager working in a corporate company of Rs 20.6 lakh.
The arrested accused has been identified as Mayur Kumar Patel (40). “He does odd jobs and sometimes also drives auto. He was produced before a court and has been remanded in police custody till December 20,” said police.
The police said the complainant, who is in his mid-20s, approached the police and lodged an FIR on July 22.“The complainant had received a WhatsApp message asking if he was interested in a part time job,” said the police. The complainant showed interest and was asked to give ratings to the products of a well-known e-commerce company. The accused collected the complainant’s bank account details and sent him a link asking to give ratings. Later, the accused asked the complainant to buy ‘paid tasks’. They sent him a link and asked him to give ratings to more products for more profit. In the link, the complainant could see the details of his investments amounting to Rs 20.6 lakh and profit reaching Rs 24 lakh. But when he tried to withdraw the money he failed. When he asked the accused to transfer his money they asked him to invest more.
A team supervised by Lakhmi Gautam, crime branch head, and DCP DS Swami, and comprising inspectors Suvarna Shinde and Savita Shinde is probing the case.