New Way To Fraud People On The Name Of Work Visa
New Way To Fraud People, A 25 years old man, who wanted a work visa fell in the hands of online fraudsters and lost Rs 4.34 lakh. An FIR is registered at the city’s cybercrime cell. Immigration Frauds
Mahesh Aswani a resident of Navrangpura, Who runs a cloth business came across an online advertisement about work permits for Canada, UK and US.
On calling the given number, the person on the call promised, he would arrange work permit and WhatsApp his company business card to Mahesh, The company name on the business card was mentioned ‘CK Patel of Star Immigration’ based in Surat.
Aswani was advised to send his scanned documents and was told to show a bank balance of Rs 17 lakh. But as he did not have that much balance, the caller advised that he would manage the balance and asked him to open a new bank account. Aswani opened a new account and gave all bank documents to the caller. Ashwani also transferred his savings of Rs 4.4 lakh in it.
When things were not performed as per the promise, Ashwani become doubtful and he closed his bank account, but by this time Rs 4.34 lakh had been withdrawal by the fraudsters.