pune a 40yearold assistant professor from narayan peth was allegedly duped of rs 168 lakh by online scamsters in an online task fraud since may 8according to senior inspector minal patil from the cybercrime police the police have frozen two bank accounts of the fraudsters after receiving a complaint application from the assistant professor of a citybased collegethe scamsters sent a message to the complainant on a social networking site and offered him a parttime job of writing reviews on a video sharing platform in lieu of commission initially they paid small amounts to the victim and urged him to write more reviews patil said subsequently the police officer said the complainant was lured into investing varying amounts for which he received the promised commission the scamsters then lured the complainant into investing rs 1697660 and further asked him to transfer rs 75 lakh the victim then realised that he was being duped and asked the fraudsters to repay his money however the fraudsters stopped all communication with the complainant patil saidpatil said the fraudsters send a message to the complainant on a social networking site offering him a part time job to write reviews on a video sharing platform on a commission basis they paid him a commission comprising small amounts and encouraged him to write more reviewsaccording to subinspector pravin bhopale the assistant professor transferred the amount in five instalments a complaint has been lodged under relevant sections of the indian penal code and the information technology act