Mysuru: Online fraudsters, who lured a Bank employee to invest money by promising him huge profit, have cheated him of Rs. 5.58 lakh.

The Bank employee, who has been cheated, is a resident of V.V. Mohalla in city.

On Apr. 6, the Bank employee received a message from Anju-1112 on his Telegram app regarding a promotional task and to learn more about it, the Bank employee completed a demo task following which his (Bank employee) mobile number was added to another Telegram Group.

To complete the task, the Bank employee deposited Rs. 1,000 following which he was sent a website link and later, the Bank employee again invested Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 12,000 respectively, completed the pre-paid task following which Rs. 31,380 profit was deposited to his account.

The Bank employee was told that he would be receiving 25 percent as profit for his investment further following which the Bank employee invested a total of Rs. 5.58 lakh from his friends’ Bank accounts.

When the Bank employee asked the online fraudsters to deposit his profit, he was asked to invest more money.

Sensing something fishy, the Bank employee, examined the website and came to know that he has been cheated and lodged a complaint at city’s CEN Crime Police Station.