The Bhopal Cyber Crime Branch team arrested two accused from Delhi who defrauded a youth of Rs one crore 35 lakh in the name of providing him a job, police said.
“We were getting complaints against two-three websites. They used to lure youths saying they will provide them with jobs at various national compaines for the post of project head or factory head or similar posts. They used to take their resumes and on the basis of those they take money from them,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shrutkirti Somvanshi said speaking to on Wednesday.
“Psychologically we have seen that once a person’s money is trapped, he gets ready to pay more in order to get the money back. This is a common thread in such cases…In this case, 1.3 crores was given,” he added.
According to police officials, one of the accused is a Nepali citizen who used to stay near Delhi. The accused had taken money from the youth, living in the Kolar area of Bhopal, in the name of providing him a job at a big post in a reputed private company, police said.
“The accused is from Nepal who works near Delhi. He has given some names but at present it seems that the information is fake. He said that these people met him and asked him to call the victims in view of a monthly lumpsome amount. There is a fake call center. We have arrested two persons who used to call the victim from Bhopal,” the DCP said.
The police further mentioned that till now 97 people have been duped by the accused. The accused also used to take help from fake websites and change the location of their call center from time to time, police said.
“Apart from him, we have got the details of 96 other persons from the website. We will try to contact them. At present, we have not found any other person in Bhopal. We have mailed police in other states as well if they have any other information on the case,” DCP Somvanshi said.
Speaking about the method of the crime, he said, “At first they send the website link to the person on WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook or other social media websites. From there they take the numbers of the persons who contact them. They take other details, PAN card and Aadhar card numbers.”
“Then they make them submit their resume of their website and through the call center they make them believe that they have secured the job at some company. They take money is the name of processing fee, cutting TDS, caution money and other means,” the DCP added. (ANI)
