Mysuru: Conmen continue to target gullible persons and this time they have swindled several lakhs of rupees from an engineer and a teacher under the pretext of part-time job offer.

In the first case, K. S. Gowtham, 35, a resident of KC Layout in the city received a message on his cellphone about part-time job offer. He was made to believe that he would be paid lucrative commission for reviewing the hotels. Initially, he was even paid a negligible amount as commission. Later the fraudsters gave an offer to Gowtham to invest on reviewing the hotels, to get more commission. Gowtham, who came in their words, gradually transferred Rs. 13,42,406, only to be cheated later.

In the second case, 25-year-old Guru Ganesh Krishna Hegde of High School Teachers Layout, received a part-time job offer on telegram app. He was also offered a commission for a task and the fraudsters got transferred Rs. 1.10 lakh to their account.

Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Crime Police have registered both the cases.