Lured by the opportunity to make money merely liking YouTube videos, a 38-year-old Andheri East resident has allegedly lost over Rs 8 lakh.

The complainant, who was conned by an unknown scamster, received a text message on February 3 asking him like a video and stating he would be paid Rs 50 in return. Later, he was asked to install Telegram Messenger. He was then added to a group and was told to share the screenshot of the liked video in the group.