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African fraudsters lure job seekers with big pay
Now the fraudsters from African countries too are cheating the gullible job aspirants in the name of UNO’s Anti-Terrorist Form. The fake organisation is offering high paid jobs in western countries, particularly UK, USA and Canada and Australia.
So far, over 150 cheating cases have been reported at cyber crime police stations of Hyderabad and Cyberabad
Hyderabad: Now the fraudsters from African countries too are cheating the gullible job aspirants in the name of UNO’s Anti-Terrorist Form. The fake organisation is offering high paid jobs in western countries, particularly UK, USA and Canada and Australia.
The increasing number of complaints received by the cyber crime police brought to light that fraudsters were insisting to pay $2,900 as refundable deposit to issue a work or resident visa to the victim.
Explaining the modus operandi, the police said fraudsters collect details of the jobs aspirant through online job portals and contact them by sending a mail offering high paid jobs in western countries.
Once the victim shows interest and responds to the mail, the fake organisation sends a form titled ‘United Nations Organisation, Anti-Terrorist Form’. The form read, “The United Nations in collaboration with the governments of United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and Australia had passed a law on citizen of terrorist region. Any person belonging to the terrorist region has to fill the form and pay $2,100 to receive a work visa.”
It also depicts the photographs of some most wanted terrorists including Al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in May. The logos of Interpol, Office of the Narcotics Control, Counter Terrorism Unit of United Nations and US investigation agency – Federal Bureau of Investigation. They also seek the information regarding whether the aspirants are related to any of the terrorists mentioned in the form and if they have any information that can help in arrest of the terrorists.
The police said most of the applicants were highly qualified and women who also tried to settle abroad by marrying a ‘suitable’ groom. So far, over 150 cases have reported at cyber crime police stations of Hyderabad and Cyberabad.
A woman techie, Celina (Name Changed) willing to go to UK, was approached by the gang. She was convinced and deposited Rs 14 lakh in the fraudsters account. The techie, however, realised that she was cheated after the gang stopped communication, the police officer said.
The police said they were tracking the IP Addresses and mobile numbers of the fraudsters through which the victims were contacted. The police also clarified that they managed to arrest some fraudsters, but could recover only about 10 per cent looted by them.
By:Jayendra Chaithanya T
