Yet another victim of the Chinese-linked 'like-and-earn' scam has approached the Mumbai Police after she was duped to the tune of Rs 10 lakh. Like many others, she was asked to like YouTube videos and earn Rs 50 for every like, and later she was asked to invest Rs 1,000 in order to get further tasks to earn more money. The complainant, a 49-year-old housewife, has claimed that initially, she earned a few thousand rupees.

Such scams are being reported widely across the country, and multiple cases have been registered in Mumbai. The cyber cell has been examining the modus operandi of the fraudsters and they have also found that websites, Instagram, Telegram and WhatsApp accounts used in this fraud have links in China.