Online Job Fraud business - Four Held

Online Job Fraud business - Four Held

Today i.e., on 13-01-2013  Cyber Crime Police, CCS, Hyderabad arrested 4 persons who are running online Job Fraud business and cheating Educated Unemployed youth who wished to enter reputed companies through backdoor, were lured by advertisements on websites viz., OLX.in, LOCALnexo.com, Globeslist, adoos etc. Huge amounts were collected from the unemployed youth by offering them Fake Offer Letters.  

 NAMES OF THE ACCUSED

A1 )     Sameer Ahmed Khan S/o Althaf Ahmed Khan, age 23 yrs, B.Com, R/o Plot NO.7.Banjara Village Colony, Risala Bazaar, Bollaram, Hyderabad.

A2)    Yandamuri  Durga Prasad, S/o Venkateshwar Rao, aged 23 yrs Occ; Coach in Jim, R/o Plot No.26, Durga Estate, Near Suchitra, Medchal,Hyderabad,

A3)    Tenali Srikanth S/o T. Daniel, age 21yrs,10^th class,Goodshephed School,Shapur Nagar  R/o H. No. 5-7-217, Shapurnagar, 

A4)    Shanmugham Avinash, S/o M. Shanmugham, age 23yrs,  R/o H.No.  19-120/4,    Venkatapuram, Alwal Sec’bad.   

 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CASE .

          On 10-01-2013 received a complaint from    Sri Y.Venkateshwar Reddy, Engineering Graduate, that on OXL website he saw one Job Portal site offering Backdoor Job in Genpact. On which he have contacted on their  phone No. 8885673286. The person introduced himself as Anand. He explained the terms and conditions and asked him to pay total amount of Rs 60,000/-.  Initially Rs.5000/-  and after getting offer letter Rs.30,000/- and remaining amount within 90 days of joining. He also asked him to send his Resume, address proof and Scanned copy of education certificates through email.  They provided account Number and asked him to send the money.  The complainant deposited the money, collected the Offer letter and   went to Genpact Office located at  Bangalore. The complainant was shocked to  know that the  offer letter  was  a Fake one  and he was cheated. He   tried to contact  them over phone  many times but  the mobile was found switched off.

           During the course of investigation, efforts were put on to trace  the  Job Fraudsters . After making ground work on credible information the Police team proceeded and apprehended  the accused A2  Yendamuri Durga Prasad.     He confessed that under the leadership of the accused A1  Sameer Ahmed Khan   and with support of A3 Tenali Srikanth and A4 Shanmukham Avinash  started giving Ads.  in OLX.in and other websites and lure the unemployed youth on the name of backdoor entries in reputed software companies. Used to collect money on Installments Viz., first one, registration fees and second after getting  Offer Letter. After getting the money they remove the sim card.  Team lead by Majid Ali Khan, Inspector of Police, Cyber Crime PS, with the assistance of  Sri T.Venugopal, SI of Police, PCs Sateesh, Mahesh, Sekhar, Raghu, Taher and Waseem took part in the task.

  SEIZED PROPERTY:

·                     One Computer

·                     One Laptop

·                     Rs.3,70,000/- Cash

·                     One RFZ Bike, Yamaha company

·                     Internet data card

·                    Two Mobile phones used by the accused

 Addl..Commissioner of Police,
Crimes& SIT
Hyderabad City.

How do I Report Internet Fraud? - hyderabadpolice.gov.in

How do I Report Internet Fraud? - hyderabadpolice.gov.in

There are two situations complainant may face
	Crime is likely to be committed.
	Crime is already committed.

In the first case, the information may be informed to the local police of your jurisdiction or it may be informed to the Cyber Crime Police Station in  so that incident may be averted.

In the second case, most of the financial frauds are dealt in Indian Penal Code (IPC) only hence the complaint may be given either in the Local Police Station or in the Central Crime Station.

Digital evidence is fragile and can easily be lost. For example
	It can change with usage. It can be maliciously and deliberately destroyed or altered. It can be altered due to improper handling and storage.
	For these reasons, evidence should be carefully retrieved and preserved. Also consider that for investigating offences involving the Internet, time, date, and time zone information may prove to be very important.

As the case committed in Cyber environment it is not sufficient to give complaint only, but you may provide following information mentioned below
	E-mail messages related to the investigation.	Any Complaints ? Please Contact   Your Local Police Station   or
	Other e-mail addresses.
	Sender information.
	Content of the communications.
	IP addresses.
	Date and time information.
	User information.
	Attachments.
	Passwords.
	Application logs that show evidence of spoofing.
	The computer being used to receive the communication.
	The screen or user name (victim and suspect).
	The owner of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) account being used.
	The content (witness account of contact or activity).
	The date and time the message was received/ viewed.
	The dates and times of previous contacts.
	Any logging or printouts of communications saved by the victim.
	Applicable passwords.
	Potential suspects.
	Whether security software was in use that may have captured additional information.
	Credit card/ATM card/Debit card information including the account details.
	What are the locations those cards are recently used.

Precautions to be taken while reporting
	It is always advisable to meet police personally and report the crime.
	It is also advisable to inform the bank first about the fraud to avoid further losses.
	If the fraudster is still in touch with you, keep them engaged and inform police about their moves regularly
	If you have suspicion on particular Mail ID or Mobile Number, never call that number but inform police about that.
	Never delete the information however objectionable it is till police has a look at it