Chandigarh: Cybercrime police have launched an investigation after a 24-year-old woman was defrauded of more than ₹1.9 lakh in an online work-from-home scam originating from an Instagram advertisement.Rekha Sharma of Kathua in the Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory, reported coming across an employment advertisement while browsing Instagram. Upon clicking the link, she was redirected to WhatsApp and contacted by an unknown individual claiming to be a recruitment officer for Mega India Limited.The caller offered Sharma part-time work of rating restaurants. After submitting initial task screenshots, she was instructed to provide her Telegram details and directed to an external website, indssn.cc, to perform further assignments.Fraudsters initially requested a refundable registration deposit of ₹2,000, promising earnings upon task completion. However, when Sharma attempted to withdraw her accumulated balance, the perpetrators demanded additional payments under the pretext of processing fees.She was induced to execute multiple transfers before realising she had been scammed. Sharma’s complaint requests a formal investigation into the involved mobile numbers, Telegram accounts, domain links, and receiving bank accounts or UPI IDs.Chandigarh cyber police have registered a case against unidentified suspects. No arrests have been made.
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