Duped by fraudsters, city youth laments apathy of cops

AHMEDABAD: He had rejoiced the moment he had seen the email in his mail box in the first week of June. It seemed as if his wish of a dream job with a big IT company was finally being granted after months of trying and waiting. It seemed like a win-win proposition for Parth Vaishnav, a 24 year old sales executive. There was nothing stopping him from grabbing this opportunity, not even his common sense.
"The address that the email came from was wipro_hrd_call@yahoo.com. Since I had given the online test for the company I was not surprised to see the email. I thought that I would have cleared one of the tests and thus was being sent the call letter," said Vaishnav.
Vaishnav soon realised it was all a scam. He has not only lost the hope of his dream job but also Rs 5,750 which he had sent confirming his visit.
The email that Vaishnav received said that the candidates who are being sent this email have been selected to be straight away sent to the final stage of interview for positions in the new plants of Wipro Group of Industries Limited.
"There were various posts mentioned in the email, including business development, for which I had applied. The email went on to say that the candidates will have to come to the corporate office in Bangalore in a week after they receive the official call letter and air ticket from the company. The list of the documents that we needed to carry was also given in the email," said Vaishnav, who is a resident of Sukriti tower in Satellite area.
"The letter then said that the candidate would have to deposit Rs 5,750 in cash as security. The account number where the deposit was to be made was also given. It said that the call letter will be dispatched as soon as the money will be transferred. The contact person was Sanjeev Kumar and two mobile numbers were given to get in touch with him," said Vaishnav.
"The moment I deposited the money, I called Sanjeev to confirm and demand the call letter. Sanjeev picked the call and said that the payment was not flashing yet and he would send it to me as soon as it does. Since even after an hour I had not received the letter, I called him up again and he told me I should email him the receipt of cash deposit, which I did immediately, after which the phone has been switched off till date," said Vaishnav.
"It was then that I realised that I had been duped. Desperately trying to trace this guy, I got in touch with a friend who works in the bank where I had deposited the cash. From what she could find, the account was being operated from Yamuna Nagar in Haryana and that very day, there were over 20 other transactions depositing the same amount of money in the account," he said.
He said, "I even tried to lodge a complaint with the Satellite police station, but they refused to take my complaint. They only accepted an application that I gave and I have not heard from them ever since".