THEY CHEATED INNOCENTS BY LURING THEM ON PRETEXT OF ‘WORK FROM HOME’ OFFERING HANDSOME SALARY THROUGH QUIKER.COM POSTS, 05 MOBILE PHONES, 01 LAPTOP & ATM CARD CONNECTED TO THE FRAUD, RECOVERED. MAIN MASTERMIND ALONGWITH HIS ACCOMPLICES STARTED CHEATING PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT STATES SINCE LAST 6 MONTHS AND CHEATED MORE THAN 100, IN LIEU OF ‘WORK FROM HOME’ JOB OFFERS. THEY DEMANDED MONEY FROM UNEMPLOYED INNOCENT PEOPLE AS PART OF REGISTRATION FEES, INTERVIEW FEES, ETC. FOR PROVIDING THEM JOBS AND VANISHED AFTERWARDS. THEY COLLECTED DATA OF PERSONS IN NEED OF JOBS FROM NGOs AND QUIKER.COM.

With the arrest of 03 desperate fraudsters namely, (1) Rahul Singh S/o Sh. Gajender Singh R/o Sector-66, Noida, U.P., Age-27 years, (2) Sandhya D/o Chanderkesh Yadav R/o JJ Colony, Sector -8, Noida, U.P.,Age 21 years and (3) Rohit Kumar Dubey S/o Rakesh Chandra Dubey R/o New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Age- 28 years, Staff of Cyber PS North-West solved a cheating case registered vide case FIR No. 46/22 u/s 420 IPC PS Cyber and recovered 05 mobile phones, 01 Laptop & ATM Card connected to the fraud from their possession. They cheated innocents by luring them on pretext of ‘work from home’ offering handsome salary through quiker.com posts. Main mastermind alongwith 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. They demanded money from unemployed innocent people as part of registration fees, interview fees, etc. For providing them jobs and vanished afterwards. 

A complaint was received in PS Cyber North-West in which complainant namely, Ms. Deepshikha W/o Sh. Manoj Kumar R/o Ashok Vihar, Delhi alleged that she had registered herself at Quiker.com for ‘work from home’ job. On 18.06.22, she received a call from one unknown number that her CV is selected for job for ‘work from home’.

She communicated with the alleged through Whatsapp and then alleged asked her to pay Rs. 2500/- as registration fee which she paid instantly. On 19.06.22, complainant received the call and alleged asked her to pay Rs. 4500/- before interview which would be refunded with first salary and in case of non-selection, this amount will be refunded within 24 hours. Complainant transferred Rs. 4500/- to alleged. Alleged conducted her telephonic interview.

After that alleged further asked her to pay Rs. 15000/- as a part of salary account and assured her that this amount will be refunded along with previous amount, but this time complainant did not transfer the amount and realized that someone has cheated her on the pretext of ‘Work from Home’ job.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 46/22 u/s 420 IPC was registered in Cyber Police Station and investigation was taken up.

Considering the gravity of offence and nature of incident, a dedicated team led by Insp. Vijender, SHO/ PS Cyber comprising of SI Sunil Chandra, W/SI Mohini, ASI Shahir, Ct. Bijender and Ct. Manoj was constituted under the close supervision of ACP/Operations and overall supervision of the undersigned. The team was briefed properly and tasked to nab the culprits at the earliest.

The team immediately obtained the beneficiary account details and mounted the technical surveillance. The details were thoroughly scrutinized and sources were deployed to gather local intelligence in order to nab the accused person.

Based on information collected and analysis of details, a raid was conducted by the team at Sector-15, Noida from where two accused persons, (1) Rahul Singh S/o Sh. Gajender Singh R/o Sector-66, Noida, U.P., Age-27years and (2) Sandhya D/o Chanderkesh Yadav R/o JJ Colony, Sector -8, Noida, U.P.,Age 21 yearswere apprehended and digital evidence related to the instant case were collected, including 05 mobile phones, 01 Laptop & ATM Card which were later found connected to the fraud in the instant case, from their possession.

Usha Rangnani,  IPS, DCP North West Distt, said, during their sustained interrogation, they confessed their involvement in the instant case and their accomplice Rohit emerged to be the mastermind of this fraud. Based on information collected & analysis of details and on the instance of Rahul Singh S/o Gajender Singh, one more accused was apprehended who was later identified as Rohit Kumar Dubey S/o Rakesh Chandra Dubey R/o New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Age- 28 years.

He disclosed that he alongwithhis 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. 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. After which accomplice SandhyaD/o Chanderkesh Yadav whom they had hired for the purpose of tele-calling, used to call various job seekers and demanded money from unemployed innocent people as part of registration fees, interview fees, etc. While Rahul Singh S/o Gajender Singh used to withdraw the collected money and also provided the data of their potential victims.

On their sustained interrogation, they disclosed that they used to cheat needy job seekers, as they were easy to target, in lieu of handsome salaries. They further disclosed that they used to commit crime of fraud so as to earn easy money to live a lavish lifestyle.

They further disclosed that they cheated innocents by luring them on pretext of ‘work from home’ offering handsome salary through quiker.com posts and have cheated people from different states.They further disclosed thatthey have cheated more than 100, in lieu of ‘work from home’ jobs offering handsome salary in last 6 months.

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

KNOW THE ACCUSED

 Rohit Kumar Dubey S/o Rakesh Chandra Dubey R/o New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Age- 28 years. He is the mastermind of this fraud. He was settled in Mumbai and worked in Country Club (Tour-Travel Agency) and ESSL World (Water Park). After losing his job he came back to Delhi and used to work with accused Sandhya D/o Chanderkesh Yadav in 2021. After coming in contact with Rahul Singh S/o Gajender Singh they planned to cheat people in the need of job. He registered himself as recruiter at online job providing platform, Quiker.com using various fake profiles. He was fond of leading a lavish lifestyle and cheated people so as to earn easy money.

 Rahul Singh S/o Sh. Gajender Singh R/o Sector-66, Noida, U.P., Age-27 years. He has worked at a Call Center and with a NGO before he started committing fraud. He used to collect data of grieved patients and post the same at social media, demanding donation of money for their treatment.

 Sandhya D/o Chanderkesh Yadav R/o JJ Colony, Sector -8, Noida, U.P., Age 21 years. She used to work as a tele-caller at Call-Centers. She used to work with the mastermind of this fraud, Rohit Kumar Dubey S/o Rakesh Chandra Dubey at a call-center in 2021. She used to commit crime of fraud so as to earn easy money.

Further investigation of the case is in progress.