RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Jan.13: The Jharkhand government’s failure to give jobs to youths has given opportunity to cyber frauds to net the unemployed ones through fake advertisements for jobs.
At least three advertisements for jobs have been circulated in the last few days in Ranchi alone.
Most of the advertisements appear on websites and for a common youth it becomes difficult to verify its genuineness and matter gets exposed only when it somehow comes into the knowledge of concerned authorities.
Last month, a fake website of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, the authorized commission for appointment to Class III posts in the state, was created and an attempt was made to cheat the unemployed youth. After coming to the notice of this fake website, the commission alerted the candidates and citizens by giving information about it.
Soon thereafter, a fake advertisement for appointment on different posts of child development projects was published. When the matter into the knowledge of concerned authority, it alerted the job-seekers.
Two days ago, a job aspirant contacted Lagatar24.com asking for the genuine advertisement of appointment for different positions in a private bank in Naya Tola in Jharkhand capital. When the verification was done, the advertisement was found fake.
A police official supported the situation saying when he was in Jamshedpur a job fraud came to the notice in March 2021 when 59-year-old Pranabandhu Jena of Angul district alleged that in 2018, a man known as Mishra took Rs 450,000/- in cash from him with the promise to engage his son at TATA Industries. Later the fraud was detected and five persons were arrested in this connection.
S.P. (rural) Naushad Alam, who holds additional charge of S.P(city) and S.P(traffic) confirmed the situation saying though recently no FIR has been registered in this connection but it is in the knowledge of the police that fake advertisements luring unemployed youth for jobs are being published.
“Recently we have not arrested anyone for running a fake job racket but earlier many were arrested for the crime,” Alam said.
A bank official requesting anonymity supported the situation saying one should be careful whenever a fee is demanded while applying for a job. Apart from this, one should be alert while sharing vital information while filling application forms.
A police official suggested ways to be aware of fake job posts saying any job scam can be identified through some signs and signals.
“In case of fake job posts the job description is unprofessional and full of errors, grammatical and compositional. Also, the job description may look copied, suspicious, or offering too many things (like benefits) apart from the job. Candidates are asked to send resumes on unofficial email ID or contact personal mobile numbers. It is often good to check the number on apps like Truecaller. The job offers’ salary packages are unreasonably high for the profiles or the general trends. Or the prospects look too-good-to-be-true,” the police official said.
