Save! Online job scams are on the rise


- Economic violence and the lure of higher earnings - both of these are causing people to cheat in the name of new jobs or side income in India.

If you read the three cases given below, you might also be surprised that the desire for a good job or the temptation of side, easy income is so strong that people fall into the pit of amount ranging from two to five lakhs to one crore. One thing is clear that people who have so much money to throw away would be victims of greed and not of money crunch.

People who commit various online frauds know this very well. There are two types of online fraud all over the world, one is hacking and the other is cheating. In the case of hacking, the victim is often not at fault, at most they may be careless about security. Unbeknownst to us, if someone gets our bank details and withdraws money from the account, then it is hacking.

But, what we have to talk about today is Narya cheating, cheating, in which temptation plays a huge part. Such fraudsters set their nets in different ways, then suck the fish they catch.

It is understandable that less educated people fall into such scams, but can highly educated people fall into it?

- First take a look at these amazing cases…

A 56-year-old ad filmmaker living in Pune once received a message on his mobile offering a part-time job. He got interested and messaged back asking for more details. They were asked to join a group on a chat app. After joining the Filmmaker Group, he was paid Rs. 10,000 welcome bonus given.

They were then simultaneously assigned a 'pre-paid task', in which they were assigned the task of rating a travel agency online after paying Rs. Earlier he was paid Rs. 22,000 was asked to pay and after completing the task he was given Rs. 25,000 was sent. Second time Rs. 80,000 in return for a payment of Rs. 95,000 was paid.

After that the payment amount increased but no payment was received in return. The filmmaker made 58 transactions totaling Rs. 96 lakhs paid, no payment from up front and contact cut off.

Last year, a Delhi-based girl was intrigued by an ad she saw on her Instagram. Ed was job related in a private airline. The girl clicked the ad, a page opened. He filled the details asked in it.

There was nothing particularly suspicious about the details sought. Besides, the airline knew a lot. After giving the details, the girl received a phone call and Rs. 750 was asked to pay the registration fee. He paid the amount immediately. After that he was asked to deposit more rupees in different names like airport gate pass, insurance, security etc. would you believe The girl gradually collected Rs. Transferred an amount of 8.6 lakhs! Even then, as the demand for money continued, he suspected that he was being cheated and the girl's husband lodged a police complaint.

Police also nabbed the accused and he admitted that he turned to this road after he lost his job in 2020 due to covid.

A 34-year-old software engineer from Bangalore got in touch with a girl on social media. The girl offered him a part-time job and also offered to earn hard money by doing online trading.

A software engineer was told that he only had to complete certain tasks. Also had to pay for A and then get double compensation in counting hours. A software engineer started as said and got relatively good compensation too.

Enthusiastic, he started raising investments. Gradually the figure of Rs. 12.3 lakh reached. Almost all his savings were used, but after that there was no return and the girl was also cut off from contact. Now the software engineer has filed a police complaint. The police have started to recover the money transferred by the engineer, but things have become difficult as time has passed.

Why are scams on the rise?

In the cases mentioned above, it is about a job offer from a complete stranger, for a completely unknown company. If people like software engineers are getting filled in it, then it is not surprising that they are tempted to get a job in a very prestigious company like TCS, Infosys.

According to the statistics of Delhi Police, in the month of January alone this year, more than thirty thousand people lost a total amount of Rs. It is a 'very low investment, very high return' business for those who do this type of scam. As the unemployment situation worsened in India after Corona, the number of people who can become victims of this type of scam is constantly increasing.

There are mainly two types of job scams happening in India right now. In the first type, people are offered good sums of money in exchange for menial tasks such as part-time work, online ads or liking videos. Another type is luring by job offers in well-known, reputable companies.

It is obvious that both types of scams have different levels of target audience. The shocking thing is that people of both these levels fall into the trap almost equally easily!

Part-time job offer

The first type of job fraud involves offering 'part-time' jobs. In such cases, people are often lured to earn additional income along with their primary job by contacting people on well-known and somewhat family-oriented social media apps like WhatsApp or Facebook, Instagram etc.

In the first round, scamsters shoot arrows in the dark. If a person responds to such blind messaging then they are focused on. In almost every case, after the first contact, the victim is asked to join a group on the Telegram app (the Telegram app is an app specially designed to keep its users completely anonymous).

After that, the victim is asked to like the online ads or videos of various companies by sending different links through that group and clicking on them. As it is well known that companies can make huge money from online ads and videos, victims believe that they can get a share of these profits. After that the scamsters disappear by grabbing as much money as possible under different names. In this way, rating or likes done by giving money is against the policy of Google, Facebook, YouTube etc.

Job offer in a big company

Another type of job fraud tends to be a bit more clever as the scam targets relatively well-educated people. This type of scam usually targets job seekers on LinkedIn or other job offering sites.

Such people are offered an interview at a known company by a 'job consultant' on social media or by direct phone if the phone number is available. Also asked to submit documents of education and experience as required by the actual placement company. After that an interview is actually conducted but not in a real, well-known IT company, in the office of a 'job consultant'. After the drama of the interview, a very heavy fee is demanded and a job offer letter is also given. Based on the job letter on the letterhead of a well-known company, when the person reaches the real company, it turns out that everything was fake (During the time of Corona, Nidhi Razdan, a very famous journalist of the country, was flooded with job offers at Harvard University and even left her prestigious job to accept the offer. was given).

Now that everything including the interview can be done online, the whole thing has become a lot easier for people doing this kind of fraud.

How to recognize a scam?

An offer of side income or a good job can tempt anyone, but a little vigilance can save you from major financial losses. The simplest rule is the same - don't trust anyone on the internet, especially on social media, even if that person looks familiar. If a link in any message shows the full URL, verify that URL is correct. How to identify a dangerous URL is a topic of a whole separate article, but just because the URL has well-known names like Facebook, Google, Infosys, Axis Bank, it is not to be assumed that the URL will be genuine. If the shared link is shortened or contains unintelligible statistics or IP addresses, it can definitely be dangerous. Do not even click on such links and do not forward them!

If you are interested in any offer, search online by the name of the person or company. Also, if you add words like scam, fraud, complaint, if there is something wrong, then more details will be found immediately. The offer can also be discussed with an acquaintance. Never pay up front especially for a job or side-income - all well-known tech and other companies issue frequent advisories about this type of fraud, it's something to watch out for!

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