Job Scam: Three arrested for duping over 100 people

NEW DELHI:  three people, including a woman, were detained on suspicion of defrauding more than 100 people under the pretence of offering them "work from home" jobs, police said on Sunday.

Accused identified as Rohit Kumar Dubey (28),  Rahul Singh (27) and Sandhya (21) used to cheat job seekers for they found them an easy target. They used to commit crime for earning easy money to live a lavish lifestyle, they said. Police said they cheated people on the pretext of providing them 'work from home' jobs offering handsome salary through quiker.com posts.

They demanded money from unemployed people as part of registration and interview fees and vanished afterwards, police said. The matter came to light after a complaint was received at Ashok Vihar, alleging that she had registered herself at Quiker.com for 'work from home' job. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Usha Rangnani said, "Our team immediately obtained the beneficiary account details and mounted the technical surveillance. "Based on information collected and analysis of details, a raid was conducted by the team at Sector-15, Noida from where two accused persons, Rahul Singh and Sandhya were apprehended," she said.

During interrogation, they confessed their involvement in the instant case and their accomplice Rohit emerged to be the mastermind of the fraud. Based on information collected and analysis of details, the third accused Rohit Kumar Dubey was apprehended, she said. "Dubey said that he along with his accomplices started cheating people from different states since last 6 months and cheated more than 100, in lieu of 'work from home' jobs offering handsome salary," she said. "He further disclosed that he registered himself as a recruiter at online job providing website Quiker.com by the name of Zairuddin and offered lucrative 'Work from Home' jobs offering handsome salary," the DCP said.

Police said efforts are being made to trace their other victims and to trace their similar complaints from other states.

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