A 37-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane district has allegedly fallen victim to a fraudulent work-from-home scheme, losing a sum of Rs 15.14 lakh to a group of scammers, including a woman, PTI reports. The incident took place between February and July last year, according to police officials.

AS PER PTI, the fraudsters contacted the victim, a resident of Dombivli town, through online platforms and lured her with promises of lucrative earnings in exchange for completing simple tasks remotely. To carry out the deception, they instructed her to use the Telegram application, where they assigned various online activities as part of the so-called job opportunity.