New Delhi, Two fake placement call centres allegedly targeting unemployed job seekers by offering lucrative employment opportunities in return for registration and processing fees have been busted near Shadipur Metro Station in central Delhi, with 11 operatives apprehended, police said on Monday.
The verification revealed that job-seeker data and contact details were being used to approach prospective candidates and offer them employment, they said. The accused allegedly obtained personal data and contact details of job seekers from online recruitment platforms and used them for targeted calling. Technical analysis showed a significant volume of calls linked to suspected job-placement activity originating from the location, following which the facility was raided. During the checking, police found computer systems, calling applications and digital material used to contact job seekers. In a separate operation, police raided another suspected fake job-placement call centre in the same building based on specific intelligence.
Posing as recruiters, they offered attractive job opportunities and demanded registration or processing fees of ₹ 3,500, ₹ 1,400 and ₹ 1,200 under different pretexts, police said. On October 3, information was received about a suspected fake job-placement centre operating from a building near Shadipur Metro Station, following which police conducted technical and field verification.
Six persons, including four women and two men, were found on the premises and apprehended for verification, police said. Five men were found manning the calling cubicles and were apprehended, police said, adding that they failed to produce corporate authorisation letters, placement agreements or records of candidates genuinely placed in jobs when asked to establish the legitimacy of their recruitment activity. The computers at the premises were found to contain internet-based VoIP calling software and job-seeker data, police said.
