Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

Nurse cheated of ₹79k on pretext of job at RGI Airport

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Hyderabad:  08.11.2021

Fraudsters duped a nurse of over Rs 79,000 by offering her a job at the RGI Airport. The accused lured the victim with an employment offer on their fake website.

On Saturday, 30-year-old G Gautami, a nurse from Shyam Karan Road in Ameerpet, lodged a complaint with SR Nagar police alleging that she was duped by fraudsters with a fake offer of employment at RGI Airport as a nurse.

The complainant stated that on October 25, 2021, she received a phone call from an unknown person offering her a senior staff nurse job at the RGI Airport.

As per the instructions given by the caller, the victim applied for the job on a fake website. After the victim updated her details on the web link provided by the fraudster, she received another call from the accused asking her to pay Rs 5000 towards examination fee, Rs 5000 towards verification fee, Rs 10,000 for courier charges and Rs 10,000 as application processing fee.

As per the instructions of the fraudsters, the victim deposited Rs 79,596 in various bank accounts.

After receiving the money, the accused stopped further communicating with her. She then lodged a complaint with the police. A case was registered under Sections 419,420 of the IPC & 66(C), 66(D) of the IT Act-2008.