MUMBAI, Nov. 14 -- A woman from Bhandup area was allegedly cheated of Rs.90.79 lakh over three years after falling prey to a fraudulent online 'data entry' job offer. Based on her complaint, the East Region Cyber Police registered a case against five unidentified suspects on Wednesday. The ordeal began in 2023 when the victim responded to an online job advertisement. Scammers posing as recruiters convinced her to pay initial "non-refundable" registration fees and GST to secure the role. Three days after her first payment, a woman claiming to be the company owner contacted her on WhatsApp, insisting that company policy required further payments and threatening police action if she refused. Driven by fear, the victim continued transferring money until December 2024. The harassment escalated in 2025 when another woman stepped in, demanding more cash. Alongside threats of false police cases, the extortionists warned that they would misuse her personal photographs and upload them onto social media. Police revealed that this syndicate specifically targets women by baiting them with job offers, subsequently blackmailing them with threats of circulating edited, obscene images to their relatives and phone contacts. Coerced relentlessly between 2023 and 2026, the victim ended up paying over Rs.90 lakh. When the demands still refused to stop, she finally confided in her father, exposing the massive fraud. Police are now tracking the money trail to nab the five accused....