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Uploaded your resumés? Beware of men running fake job rackets

Hindustan Times | ByJayprakash S Naidu, Mumbai
Aug 13, 2017 10:06 PM IST

The Vile Parle police arrested five men from Delhi on Friday for allegedly running a job racket, in which people who posted their resumés on job portals online were duped of cash.

Police seized 13 mobile phones, three debit cards, and hard discs from the accused. The accused searched for people looking for job on job portals. They also served notices to eight women who made calls to the victims.(HT)
Police seized 13 mobile phones, three debit cards, and hard discs from the accused. The accused searched for people looking for job on job portals. They also served notices to eight women who made calls to the victims.(HT)

The matter came to light earlier this year, when one of the victims approached the police, saying he had been cheated of Rs3 lakh. The police registered a case under the Indian Penal Code and started investigating.

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Police said the racket was run similar to a call-centre operation. The accused searched for people looking for jobs online and called them, offering them posts in the airlines industry. They coerced them into paying ‘fees’ under different pretexts. Once they received the money, they cut off all contact with the victims.

Police seized 13 mobile phones, three debit cards, and hard discs from the accused. The accused searched for people looking for job on job portals. They also served notices to eight women who made calls to the victims.

The accused have been identified as Pankaj Kumar Ravikumar Handa, Sanjeev Brijmohan Gard, Abhishek Jagdish Prasad, Ajaykumar Jagdish Prasad and Suman Saurabh Kumar Mayyan Singh.

The Hyderabad police had arrested one of the accused earlier in connection with a cheating case.

The accused were produced before a local court and remanded in police custody till August 19.

“The accused are professional cheaters. Their bank statements show that people deposited Rs25,000 to Rs30,000 into their accounts. We are trying to ascertain how many people they duped.” said an official, who did not wish to be identified.

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