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‘Sexy’ job offers on the rise during lockdown; Bengaluru cops warn after techie loses Rs 83,000

An advertisement about male prostitution resulted in a Bengaluru-based techie falling for it and lost Rs 83,500.The cops says, last year, 10,000 online fraud cases were registered and due to the coronavirus pandemic, such cases are only doubling this time

Bengaluru: A search for additional income on the internet landed a Bengaluru-based software engineer into a fake gigolo work portal and lost Rs 83,500. In an attempt to make additional income, he also lost his hard earned money. After losing money, he approached police and filed a complaint. According to police, the man paid Rs 1,000 for registration and Rs 12,500 for membership to meet 15 ladies a month and ‘satisfy’ them for money. However he ended up getting cheated as online fraudsters used his weakness.