Lured by work from home gig to rate movies, woman loses Rs 12L

A message that she received on a social media platform, which said she could earn money “while sitting at home and rating movies”, led to a woman being duped of more than Rs 12 lakh.

In her complaint, the woman, a resident of Noida’s Sector 74, claimed: “On January 5, I got a message (saying) I can earn money from home. They sent me a link.. and said I have to rate movies. They asked me to pay Rs 10,000 and click the link 30 times to get more money. Then, they added me to a group which had 25 members.”

She further said, “After some time, they again asked me to pay Rs 10,000. The people in the group said ‘this is a normal thing, you will get your money back’. After a while, they said I have got a ‘superior rating’ and I need to pay Rs 45,448 to get a bonus. After an hour, they again asked me to pay Rs 1,41,417 in the name of superior rating.”