Mumbai, Nov 18 (PTI) Fraudsters duped a 26-year-old woman out of Rs 7 lakh in an online task fraud, police said on Tuesday.

The woman even mortgaged the jewellery her family owned to raise the money they asked her to transfer, said an official of Ghatkopar police station.

As per the complaint, the woman came across an advertisement about a part-time Anganwadi (daycare centre) job while watching reels on social media, and clicked the link.

Unidentified fraudsters then contacted her, and engaged her in chatting on WhatsApp and later a Telegram group.

They first gave her an online `task', and after she completed it, she received a message about the receipt of payment in her account.

Later, they provided her with more tasks and showed a payment of Rs 1,040 in her account after finishing.

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