Noida woman loses ₹13 lakh in YouTube job scam. Know how to stay vigilant
A resident of Panchsheel Hynish Society in Greater Noida suffered a financial loss of over ₹13 lakh after falling prey to a WhatsApp scam. The woman, identified as Kartika, received an enticing work-from-home offer through the messaging app. The job involved watching, liking, and subscribing to YouTube videos in exchange for monetary rewards. Intrigued by the apparent simplicity of the task, Kartika engaged with the fraudsters via a Telegram handle, where they promised daily returns ranging from ₹50 to ₹5,000, the Indian Express reports.
Initially, the scammers kept their word and credited ₹150 to Kartika's account as a reward for her actions on YouTube. Encouraged by these seemingly legitimate payouts, she continued performing the tasks. The fraudsters then convinced her to invest in a fake Nasdaq website, promising even higher returns. Trusting them, Kartika invested ₹2,000, and to her surprise, they allegedly returned ₹3,150 as a profit on the same day.
As the deception continued, the scammers coerced Kartika into sending large sums of money, including ₹5,000, ₹30,000, and ₹90,000. When she inquired about the lack of returns on her investments, they claimed she had failed a task and introduced new transactions, in which the amounts kept escalating. Fearing that she may lose the money she had already given away, Kartika continued sending more funds with the hope of recovering her initial investments.
To fund these transactions, Kartika and her husband resorted to taking personal loans, thereby accumulating more debts. The scammers demanded further payments, stating that a threshold of ₹15 lakh must be cleared to receive the payment. Despite their growing suspicions, Kartika and her husband continued to comply with the
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