E-Paper
Chandigarh woman applies for job online, loses ₹91,000
Chandigarh resident Divya was asked her to transfer different amounts in lieu of various formalities, with assurance that the money will be refunded
Fraudsters duped a Manimajra resident of ₹91,000 after luring her with a job through an online portal.
In her complaint, Divya told the police that she had applied for a job through a website.
On July 16, she received a call that she needed to deposit ₹2,800 immediately. However, she could not deposit the amount. The next day, she got another call informing her that her name had been blacklisted and she cannot apply for any MNC job or go abroad for the next seven years.
Alarmed by this, she deposited money. The caller later asked her to transfer different amounts in lieu of various formalities and assured her that the money will be refunded. As a result, she ended up paying ₹91,000.
However, over two months later, she neither she got a job not her money was refunded.
On her complaint, police have registered a case under Sections 420 (cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at the Manimajra police station. Efforts are on to trace and arrest the scamsters.
