NEW DELHI: It started with a message about a part-time job and seemed like a golden ticket to earning easy money.

But, it wasn't just another side hustle.

As one link led to the other and one deposit to another, the victim entered a rabbit hole of a "play for Bitcoin scheme."A man in Dwarka lost Rs 40 lakh to this fraudulent scheme recently.

He made 63 transactions within a span of three days only to realise later that he had been duped.No arrests have been made so far.Police registered a complaint against the suspects behind this scam on Tuesday.

According to the complainant, he received a message on social media asking him if he was interested in a part-time job.

After he agreed, the accused initially sent him YouTube videos and asked him to like them, take their screenshots and send them on the same Telegram number.

The victim also got paid a nominal amount for these tasks.A few days later, he was added to the 'VIP Daily Task' group where he was told to deposit Rs 1,000 first.

And later on, they provided the victim with a link where users were asked to complete other tasks and deposit money for a huge profit related to a Bitcoin scheme.

With each deposit made, the victim would be assigned certain tasks upon which a credit score would reflect on his account."Following the instructions, I made transactions worth more than Rs 7.5 lakh in a day, but lost all my money in the game.

Upon asking for a solution for refund, the scamsters asked me to further deposit Rs 20 lakh, for which I took a loan.

But once the refund was not proceeding, the representatives asked me to invest more money in order to recover the amount," said the complainant.In order to save his money, the Dwarka resident kept on investing more money between August 24 and 26, but his application was repeatedly rejected.

On realising that he had been scammed, the victim approached police.