The Cyber crime police on Saturday advised the youth not to blindly believe the advertisements offering jobs abroad by travel agents or the recruiting agents for overseas jobs especially to countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, and other countries and not be victims to the cyber criminals.
On Saturday, the TG Cyber Security Bureau released a press release, where it mentioned that in a recent case, a young man from Sircilla district was trapped by a network of travel agents from Sircilla, UP and Pune and sent to Cambodia, wherein he was forced to work in a call centre being managed by Chinese Nationals.
The victim was given a week’s training in communication skills and later on was asked to make phone calls to Indian mobile numbers randomly and commit cybercrimes impersonating staff of different international courier services and sometimes even as law enforcement officers. After three months, the young man returned to India with the help of Indian Embassy in Cambodia, unable to bear the harassment and torture the cyber criminals.
On enquiry by the TGCSB, it was found that many such call centers are operated by Cyber Criminals in many countries. These call centres are manned by youth on the pretext of good employment opportunities. Once these victims reach these centres, they are made to commit Cyber Crimes.
It has also come to light that some of the youth from India who are already into these jobs are working for the Chinese managers by becoming agents and establishing contacts with Travel Agents in India and who in turn are luring gullible youth from different parts of the country.
In cases of job offerings abroad in any company or firm, they should approach the Protector General of Emigrants, under the Ministry of External Affairs to verify that the travel agent or the Recruiting Agents for overseas manpower in India is registered with them.
Director, TG Cyber Security Bureau Shikha Goel requested the people to in case of any doubt, they may approach the TG CSB at email director-tscsb@tspolice.gov.in
