Lawyer’s son duped by fake british diplomat

The crook had promised the victim a job at a fictitious London hotel

Lawyer's son duped by fake british diplomat

The crook had promised the victim a job at a fictitious London hotel

Want a job abroad? Beware of cons who are looking for an opportunity to relieve you of your hard-earned cash.u00a0 A fresh case has been reported from Chankayapuri area of New Delhi.

A son of a lawyer who lives in Meerut has filed a written complaint with Chankayapuri police station that he was duped of Rs 35000 in cash by a man posing as a diplomat from the UK. A senior police official confirmed the incident and the cheating and said that they have several similar complaints from other persons in the recent past.u00a0

The police said that the complainant Abhishek had applied for the job of an accountant in a London-based hotel. "A few days ago he got a call from a man claiming to be a diplomat posted with the British High Commission. He told Abhishek that he has been selected for the post of an accountant with a UK-based hotel Desonali. He then asked Abhishek to deposit Rs 35000, which he said was a mandatory step for getting a visa for job purposes," said the official.

The official said the man posing as a diplomat gave Abhishek an account number of ICICI bank and asked him to deposit the money there. Abhishek followed his advice. "After depositing the money when Abhishek tried to contact the impostor he started ignoring him and switched off his cellphone. As the British Commission falls in the Chankayapuri area, the victim has approached us," the police official added.

According to the official the account in which the amount was deposited by the victim is of the Mumbai branch of the bank and the cellphone of the accused is still switched off. "Police will not file an FIR and we have returned the complaint," said the police official. Meanwhile, this reporter came to know that there is no hotel by the name, mentioned by the culprit, in the UK. The website is fake with a false address. Cops have expressed apprehensions that some Nigerians could be behind the scam.

Cheats nabbed
Gurgaon police busted a Nigerian gang involved in cheating people in the guise of getting them lucrative jobs in a major auto manufacturing company in the city last week. Sources said that 4-5 accused have been detained by the local police. Sources said that the gang was sending random emails to people across the country from a forged ID of the auto firm. The mails claimed that the receiver had been shortlisted by the company and that it was willing to offer a job for high posts. "Many innocent people have fallen victim to this fraud. The emails promise well paid jobs and claim to provide monthly salaries of Rs 3-4 lakh a month. They seem to have a huge data base of email IDs. Most of the victims did not suspect them since they used an email ID that appeared genuine," said an officer.