New Delhi, Nov 28, : Fraudsters are constantly finding new ways to trick people and take advantage people who aren’t paying attention.A gang devised a way to exploit 2020’s most loved term, Work From Home.
This system of work gained prominence because of the coronavirus pandemic. The newly-formed Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Ops unit (IFSO) of Delhi Police has busted a module that was involved in extortion and cheating job aspirants under the guise of providing Work From home.
Through fake job portals, the culprits used to set work targets for victims, which they were unable to meet within the specified time frame.Victims were then penalized and made to pay.
DCP, IFSO, K.P.S.Malhotra stated that Cyber Crime Unit received complaints alleging that websites like theresumesearch.com and www.jobsearchnet.in are engaging in fraud on innocent people by promising them work from home jobs and giving them impossible tasks to complete.
He said that fraudsters used to extort money by threatening them with dragging them in to court for not completing their task.
During the inquiry, a search of National Cybercrime Reporting Portal was made to find similar complaints across India.
It was discovered that more than 60 complaints had been filed by different victims and contained similar allegations.The investigation was started and a case was opened.
Based on technical enquiry, four suspects were identified by the IFSO team as R.Kumar and M.Singh, T.Kumar, and a woman.They are all Delhi residents.
During interrogation, the accused persons revealed that R.Kumar had created these websites and begun to call unemployed people for data entry jobs.They lured innocent people to fill out resumes and provided hefty data that could not be completed within the timeframe.
The accused threatened to sue the victims if they didn’t complete the task and called them to extort money.
A police official advised the public to verify the authenticity of any job portal before disclosing personal details.
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