Four Caught For Cheating People On Pretext Of ‘Data Entry Job’
Hyderabad, Feb 3 (Maxim News): Cyberabad Police caught four persons who were cheating people on the pretext of a ‘Data Entry Job‘ and collecting money. The police seized six mobile phones, a laptop, and five debit cards from them.
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The arrested persons are Rahul Ashok Bhai Baviskar (25), Sagar Patil (24), Kalpesh Torat (26), and Nilesh Patil (24), all natives of Gujarat.
K. Shilpavali, DCP (Cybercrimes) said Ashok started a company ‘”Flora Solution‘ and contacted job aspirants on the pretext of providing home-based data entry jobs. He recruited Sagar to assist him while the remaining two persons Kalpesh and Nilesh helped by providing bank accounts to Ashok.
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Ashok contacted the people and assured them to pay remuneration for the service and offered ‘captcha typing work’ to them. when the victim after completing the assignment submitted it. Ashok would reject it on the grounds of mistakes in the work. “When the victims left the job, he would send a fake legal notice to them threatening action for violation of the terms and conditions of the contract and extort money. A victim lost around Rs. 6.5 lakh to Ashok for fear of legal consequences, said the DCP.
After realizing he was duped the victim approached the police who registered a case and arrested the gang from Gujarat. The four persons had cheated several people across the country in a similar manner. (Maxim News)
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