New Delhi, 15 May: Cyber Police Station, New Delhi District, has bused a fake call centre scam targeting job seekers on shine.com and naukri.com. Accused impersonated recruiters to defraud persons. Key accused Fahiq Siddiqui and Mohit Kumar @ Sumit have been apprehended along with 12 others.
CASE DETAILS AND TEAM:
A female complainant reported to the NCRP portal that on 24.01.2025, she uploaded her credentials to shine.com and naukri.com. Three days later, a woman named Priya contacted her with a job offer and requested ₹500 as “refundable security”, which the complainant paid and received confirmation email. Subsequently, a man identifying himself as Atul conducted a telephonic interview and then demanded ₹3,999 for “training”. This was also paid by the complainant. Following this, she received a job offer email, with Priya requesting ₹7,500 for document verification, and Atul later asked for ₹7,250 for a “job kit” including a laptop; both amounts were paid. Finally, Priya demanded ₹11,000 for opening salary account. This raised the complainant’s suspicion and realizing she had been deceived under the guise of a job opportunity, she refused further payment.
Accordingly, case vide FIR No. 06/25, under sections 318(4)/319(2) BNS, was registered at PS Cyber, New Delhi District, and investigation was taken up.
A team comprising SI Anurag, SI Lalit Shokeen, SI Gulab Singh, HC Drona, Ct. Mahesh, Ct. Vijay, Ct. Virender, and W/Ct. Madhu was constituted under the leadership of Inspr. Harish Chandra, SHO/PS Cyber, New Delhi District. The team functioned under the supervision of Sh. Ratan Lal, ACP/Operations, New Delhi District.
INVESTIGATION & DETECTION:
During investigation, the mobile numbers used to contact the complainant were found deactivated, and their IMEIs inactive. The beneficiary bank account holder disclosed that a man named Sumit met her nephew at Aligarh Railway Station and opened their bank accounts. He paid ₹2000 per account to them and took all related documents and ATMs.
Subsequent inquiries revealed that funds were withdrawn from the beneficiary account via an Ujjivan Small Finance Bank ATM in Noida. Analysis of CCTV footage revealed a masked individual making the withdrawal. Thereafter, shine.com was contacted for details of recruiters who accessed the complainant’s profile. One profile was found suspicious and placed on technical surveillance. Analysis of the recruiter’s CDR, IP addresses & location data led to the identification of the suspect seen in the ATM footage. Further, the suspect worked in a building in Sector-3, Noida.
Consequently, a raid was conducted in Sector-3, Noida, and the main suspect, along with 6 other men and 6 women, were found operating an unauthorized call centre. The main suspect was identified as Fahiq Siddiqui and during interrogation, revealed their scheme of targeting job seekers on shine.com and naukri.com by impersonating recruiters and fraudulently inducing payments. Thereafter, a trap was laid and Sumit, who was supplying bank accounts and sim cards, was also apprehended.
Further investigation of the case is underway and additional victims of the scam are being identified.
APPREHENDED PERSONS:
1. Fahiq Siddiqui, son of Raziq Siddiqui, resident of Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.
2. Dharmender, son of Rati Pal Singh, resident of Jagatpuri, Delhi.
3. Mohit Kumar @ Sumit, son of Kehri Singh, resident of Etah, Uttar Pradesh.
4. Amit Yadav, son of Nandu Singh Yadav, resident of Jagatpuri, Delhi.
5. Ankit, son of Jagdish Lal, resident of Trilokpuri, Delhi.
6. Himanshu Gupta, son of Durgesh Gupta, resident of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh.
7. Rohit Verma, son of Ram Vilas Verma, resident of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
8. Mohd. Yaris, son of Mohd. Minhaz, resident of Amroha, Uttar Pradesh.
9. Six women.
MODUS OPERANDI & NETWORK:
The accused had subscribed to shine.com, a prominent job search and recruitment platform, to obtain job seekers’ mobile numbers. They then contacted these individuals with job offers, deceiving them into paying fees for training, security deposits, and work kits. Mohit Kumar @ Sumit, provided the necessary bank accounts and SIM cards for this scam.
SEIZED ITEMS:
• 08 Laptops used in commission of crime.
• 47 Mobile Phones used in commission of crime.
• 57 sim cards used in commission of crime.
• 15 Debit cards used in siphoning off the cheated amount.
• 02 Wi-Fi dongles used to access the victim’s profiles.
• Rs. 1,31,500/- cash recovered as proceeds of crime.
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