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Udupi: A 37-year-old man from Yadthare village in Byndoor was allegedly cheated of Rs 4 lakh by fraudsters who promised him an engineering job in Singapore, police said. He transferred the money in phases from Oct 8. After collecting a total of Rs 4,09,165, the fraudsters kept demanding more money as additional charges, he alleged. Byndoor police have registered a case under Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act and Section 318(2) of BNS.
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The complainant had created a profile on job portal Indeed while looking for employment, according to police. The caller told him about an engineering job opportunity in Singapore and asked him to attend an interview. He then received a phone call from a person claiming to be from a job portal’s operations team in Hyderabad. After the interview, an offer letter was sent to him by mail. The fraudsters then collected money from him under various pretexts, including job processing, medical examination and visa charges. Realising he had been cheated, he approached the police. Download the TOI App.