Work From Home scam exposed in Delhi! Know how the game of crores was run and the ways to avoid it.

Work From Home Scam: Delhi Police has arrested four people while exposing a big work-from-home scam. These accused are accused of defrauding a person of more than Rs 17 lakh.

Work From Home Scam: Delhi Police has arrested four people while exposing a big work-from-home scam. These accused are accused of defrauding a person of more than Rs 17 lakh. This gang used to trap people through social media by luring them with attractive online job offers and then entangle them in cryptocurrency-related fraud.

How was it exposed?

According to the police, on May 27, a young man had lodged a complaint that he was offered to earn money in exchange for reviewing a website. Initially, he got Rs 50 for every review, which made him think the scheme was real. But then he was lured with more money and asked to do prepaid crypto transactions. Gradually, the fraudsters made him deposit more money on various pretexts and defrauded him of a total of Rs 17.49 lakh.

Who are the accused?

The arrested people have been identified as Ankur Mishra (22), Krathrath (21), Vishwas Sharma (32) and Ketan Mishra (18). Police investigation revealed that Rs 5 lakh was transferred from the complainant's account to a private bank account which was in the name of Ankur Mishra. He was identified on the basis of bank and CCTV footage.

Where was this gang spread?

Technical investigation revealed that this fraud network was not limited to Delhi, but was also active in cities like Lucknow, Agra, Bhopal and Shivpuri. After police raids at all these places, the four accused were arrested.

How did they do money laundering?

According to DCP Amit Goyal, this gang used to move the money through several bank accounts so that it could not be traced. Finally, this amount was converted into cryptocurrency like USDT (Tether) so that it could be avoided by banks and investigating agencies. At present, the police is trying to find out the other members of the gang and the location of the money.

Keep yourself safe like this

If any job offer is offering too much money for very little work, then be cautious.

If there are frequent typos or mistakes in the email or job posting, then it cannot be a professional company.

If the job description is vague or the work responsibilities are not clear, then stay away from that offer.

A job that asks for money in the name of registration, training or software before joining is often a fraud.

Always check whether the company has a valid office address, phone number and online presence.