Mangalore : Fake job rackets have been rampant in the recent times taking undue advantage of the youth who are in dire need of a job after their graduation. In one such instance reported from the city, a youth has lost Rs 9500 after falling prey to a fake job racket.
As per the youth he had registered his name and had uploaded his resume in one of the reputed job portals. On 12.8.13 he received an email to his email id from one Dhanraj Mehta under the letter head of M/s Larsen & Tourbo Ltd offering him Executive Manager Post. The email had also provided particulars about the job and had fixed the interview date on 2.9.13 in Mumbai. He was also informed that an amount of Rs 9500 has to be deposited before 1.00 pm on 13.8.13 which will be refunded after the interview and he was reportedly told that this was compulsory as per the company rules and it is a security amount and that the company will send him a call letter and air tickets to appear for the interview.
The youth who believed the mail, contacted Mr. Mehta who furnished an SB account number 33019304823 in State bank of India in the name of Mahesh Kumar. The youth who wanted a job had without verifying remitted Rs 9500 and received an acknowledgement from Mr. Mehta informing that a call letter will be sent before the interview date.
However, the parents of the youth suspected the genuineness of the person who had contacted their son and upon verification found that the amount has been credited in Mahesh Kumar’s S.B. account held in SBI branch at M. Mangal Bazar, Khoda District Gaziabad, U.P.
On August 17th when the parents of the youth contacted Mr. Mehta on his mobile number +91-8937869943 and enquired about the above issue, he informed that he has received the amount and disconnected the call without giving further details.Though they tried to contact him repeatedly they got a busy tone and now suspect that Mr. Dhanraj Mehta along with Mr. Mahesh Kumar were systematically cheating youngsters after promising jobs in the name of top companies.It was also learnt that Mahesh has been drawing such amount every day from different ATMs and every day cash transaction could be seen in his account.
When the student approached newskarnataka.com, we tried to ascertain the legality of the documents sent by the company. Later when newskarnataka.com contacted the offices of the company concerned, the company sources confirmed that the documents are illegal and have requested the job aspirants not to respond to this network.
It is suspected that many other students who have registerd in such job portals have been cheated the same way and they too might have been trapped in this job racket and the police need to look into the matter and ensure justice to the victims.