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New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested four people, including a woman, for allegedly extorting and cheating job aspirants on the pretext of providing work from home opportunities through fake portals, officials said on Sunday.
Police received complaints alleging that three websites were engaged in cheating people by promising them to offer work from home jobs and give them a task which was impossible to complete.
The accused would then extort money by threatening the people to drag them to courts for not completing the work, a senior police officer said.
The accused were identified as R Kumar (23), M Singh (25), and T Kumar (25), all residents of Mohan Garden, and a 23-year-old woman from Mayapuri, they said.
During inquiry, a search on National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) was conducted regarding similar complaints all over India and it was revealed that there were more than 60 complaints lodged by different victims with similar allegations, the officer said.
Technical inquiry revealed that the accused were operating from Delhi/NCR.