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Fraudsters con job seekers through fake Wipro offer

By SiliconIndia | Wednesday, 01 July 2009, 20:41 Hrs | 6 Comments

Fraudsters con job seekers through fake Wipro offer

Bangalore: A fraud mailer in the name of Wipro from the job portal Naukri.com has been doing the rounds trying to take advantage of job-seekers. In the last few days, many IT job aspirants received a mail claiming to be from Wipro, saying that the company has 45 job vacancies in its facilities in Delhi, Bangalore, Noida and Pune in the IT, production, electronics and administration departments. It also tells candidates to make a refundable deposit of

5,850 in Axis bank account mentioned in the letter. The mail asks for resumes to be sent not to an official email id but to one on Gmail.

When people tried to contact him to know the details about the job, the person just demanded the money be deposited in the account before 2 pm that day, and kept repeating the interview schedule, reports The Times of India.

Wipro, on its part, has filed a complaint with the police. Pradeep Bahirwani, VP (talent acquisition), Wipro Technologies says, "Such fraud recruitment letters are an industrywide issue and many other IT companies have also noticed it. But, this is the first time we have seen it on an official letterhead with the logo."

In the past, it is noticed that such fraudsters many try to lure people from smaller cities.

Bahirwani says, "Such letters are mostly targeted at candidates in places like Kanpur, Lucknow and Nagpur, where the job demand is more and information is limited."

Wipro tried to trace the fraudsters. "When we asked for a meeting to discuss details about the job, the number is immediately disconnected or switched off," says Bahirwani. The company says it has been constantly cautioning applicants and students about such fraudsters. In the event someone has already paid money, the company suggested them to lodge a complaint at the nearest police station.

The company has also informed banks about the account numbers being used in the fraud. It has also asked recruitment channels such as leading job portals and staffing partners to sensitize applicants and students about these frauds.

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1: wat a terrific frauds they are, but people r lucky,they suvive from them,thanq to the founders of this uneven things.

Posted by:pravallika valli nerusu - 18 Jul, 2009

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2: Before making it public, company should have informed police official to raid on his residence as address is mentioned in the letter. Its really shocking to hear that bank is not supporting company to take further action.

Posted by:gitu - 01 Jul, 2009

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gitu...you are right...

jitu Replied to: gitu - 02 Jul, 2009

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Wipro should take hard actio against such consultancy.......

manish Replied to: gitu - 01 Jul, 2009

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This has been happening to me as I often get such mails yes one of them was Wipro too but I generaly delete such mails but as regards to another MNC Philips....it was too much, and many reminders hence I had to bring to the notice of Philips HR dept Woul,nt know what action wa taken though I was thanked for the mail I had forwarded the mail to them

Vijay

vijay Replied to: manish - 02 Jul, 2009

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vijay...are you sure? aur chalti gaadi mein bethh gaye ho?

jitu Replied to: vijay - 02 Jul, 2009

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