My Fraud Ordeal
18th February 2021 proved catastrophic for me. I fell prey to a phishing attack and lost close to Rs.63,000 of my hard earned savings which would have been 3 months of breather for my family. I’m sharing my experience in the hope that You do not fall into similar traps. I have been out of work since June 2020 and have been actively looking for one. I was approached by someone for a job opportunity claiming to be a recruiter of a well known Indian employment website - Naukri.com. The recruiter told me all the right things and asked all the right questions - told me that the call is from the company’s Mumbai branch, asked if I was still looking for a job, told me that they had found my job profile on Naukri’s website, wanted to know the kind of roles I’m looking for, that they found my profile matching the opportunities available at my preferred locations, that if I was okay with it they will set up interviews for me starting upcoming Monday, my last drawn package and what I was exp...