Three alleged online fraudsters were arrested by the sleuths from Cyber Economics and Narcotics (CEN) police station of Mysuru district for allegedly duping a job aspirant of more than ₹48 lakh by promising him employment. A resident of Sathgalli on the outskirts of Mysuru, who had lost his job during COVID-19 pandemic, was searching jobs online when he landed on a website in November 2020 that promised him a job. After he entered his particulars and other details on the website and registered himself as a job aspirant, he received a phone call from the company running the website. The caller asked him to transfer money to begin processing his application for the job.
The complainant transferred the amount sought by the caller, hoping to get the job. But, he kept receiving calls from the allegedly fraudulent company for transferring more money under the pretext of making an agreement and other reasons.
“Between November 2020 and April 2022, the complainant had been made to transfer ₹ 48,80,500 from his bank account to the bank account of the accused”, Superintendent of Mysuru district police R Chetan told reporters in Mysuru on Friday. But, whenever the complainant called the accused and asked for the progress made on his job application, he was either receiving lame excuses or requests for transferring more money. Finally, the complainant was fed up and sought a refund of the money he had already paid them.
