In another online fraud case, a teacher, who was looking for a job, was duped of INR 82,000 on the pretext of a job at a reputed education technology company.
A 38-year-old teacher living in Mumbai’s Borivali area had applied for a job on Naukari.com. On August 30, a woman named Manisha called and said that she had been selected as a teacher for BYJUS. The fraudster had then asked her to pay INR 1,900 as their fees for sending her the application. When the complainant asked as to how she should make the payment, the fraudster said she would connect her with a senior executive named “Karan Mehra”. Mehra, who is part of this fraud, gave her the bank account details and said the selection process will be completed in a day’s time.
The next day, another fraudster, posing as Mohit, called her up and asked her to make payments worth INR 80,000 related to training and other fees. The woman later realized that she had been duped and approached the Borivali police station and lodged an FIR on September 4. Accordingly, the police have registered a case and started an investigation.
In her complaint, the woman told the police that she had a good experience in the past while using naukri.com as she had landed a job through the website in the past. She used to regularly update her profile there.
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