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Okay, here’s something I’d like to share with the folks here. Please spare a minute or two and be very careful.
Around June, I received a call from an unknown number asking me if I was looking for a job. Unlock had barely kicked in, and people were still being laid off. 1/several
Around June, I received a call from an unknown number asking me if I was looking for a job. Unlock had barely kicked in, and people were still being laid off. 1/several
I wondered which media house might be hiring at this point. The caller mentioned a few organisations with, she claimed, had vacancies. The names included the house that currently employs me. I grew suspicious. I realised I hadn’t updated my CV on job portals in a long time, so
so they probably didn’t have the right information about where I was working.
But that’s not what was worrying. The point was, almost all media houses named by the caller had frozen recruitment, many had been laid off. When I mentioned this, the caller said,
But that’s not what was worrying. The point was, almost all media houses named by the caller had frozen recruitment, many had been laid off. When I mentioned this, the caller said,
“We have backdoor channels”.
I wanted to take the conversation forward and said I was interested. I almost knew what I’d be told next. I was told to “fill up some forms”, pay Rs 3,000 “as felicitation charge” (facilitation, obviously), share some bank details, my home address,
I wanted to take the conversation forward and said I was interested. I almost knew what I’d be told next. I was told to “fill up some forms”, pay Rs 3,000 “as felicitation charge” (facilitation, obviously), share some bank details, my home address,
debit card details, etc.
I told the woman she’d be in jail for fraud and disconnected the call. I wondered if I should report the matter to anybody, probably should have. I called up the number later in the evening and found it switched off. The next day it was unreachable.
I told the woman she’d be in jail for fraud and disconnected the call. I wondered if I should report the matter to anybody, probably should have. I called up the number later in the evening and found it switched off. The next day it was unreachable.
This was June. A couple of hours ago a friend mentioned a neighbour who had fallen prey to a similar scam module. They have approached police.
Please don’t fall victim to such designs.
Please don’t fall victim to such designs.
Do not believe anyone who says they’d find you a job in the railways/defence, etc., against some money. I know these are extremely rough times and we all need a job, but let not these criminals reap the benefit of your helplessness.
#StayCareful #JobScam #Covid19 #Unemployment
#StayCareful #JobScam #Covid19 #Unemployment
