Chatra, Mohd. Showdown: People can go to any extent to get employment, cyber criminals are taking advantage of this weakness of the people. In the name of providing jobs, cyber criminals are calling applicants and demanding money. They are threatening to remove the name from the merit list if the money is not paid. Cyber criminals are calling candidates and asking for money on the pretext of getting them selected in the merit list. 40 thousand rupees are being demanded from some, 30 thousand from some and 20 thousand rupees from some. Due to which the candidates are worried. However, till now no applicant has been reported to be a victim of fraud.
Data extracted from website
Chatra District Rural Development Agency office is to take contractual appointment on various posts in MNREGA. Which includes the posts of Block Program Officer, Technical Assistant (equivalent to Assistant Engineer), Technical Assistant (equivalent to Junior Engineer), Accounts Assistant, Computer Assistant and Employment Servant. In order to register claims and objections for appointment to the above mentioned posts, the details recorded in the applications were uploaded on the website of Chatra district www.chatra.nic.in on December 18, from where the cyber criminal data was extracted and the applicants were informed. They are calling and demanding money to get a job. Most of the calls are being made to the applicants who have filled the form for the post of employment servant. 2247 applications have been made for the post of employment servant, details of which were posted on the website. Applicants are being called by cyber criminals from different mobile numbers. In which calls are being made from other numbers including 9163160604, 9341268794, 9064678179, 9341089563, 9007683569, 9007721185.
interview with candidate
An employment servant candidate was called by cyber criminal 9163160604 and introduced himself as Deepak Kumar Singh, data operator of DC office Chatra. Said that you have applied for employment service, your file has come to me, in which your name is not being selected in the merit list. There is only one seat left in OBC One, if you want to get a job this time, you will have to manage. You will be given a seat from the staff quota. 30 thousand will have to be paid for this. 15 thousand will have to be paid before and 15 thousand after joining. That will also have to be given through online mode. As soon as the money is received, your file will be put in the process. The merit list will be prepared and released today itself. Told his house as Deoghar.
DDC said
DDC cum District Program Coordinator Utkarsh Gupta said that such information is being received that cyber thugs are calling the candidates and demanding money, which is Cyber crimes Is. He has advised the candidates not to pay the demanded amount. On asking for money, he said that the information should be given to the District Rural Development Agency without any delay, so that action can be taken on it.