Centre's Advice To Job Seekers Abroad Of 'Fake Offers' Amid Rising Fraud
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"They usually communicate only through WhatsApp, making it difficult to ascertain the location and identity of the caller and genuineness of the job offer," it added in the advisory.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called upon Indians seeking employment abroad to not fall prey to fake job offers and urged them to use safe and legal services of registered recruiting agents.
In an advisory, the MEA also warned all unregistered agencies promising jobs abroad not to be involved in overseas recruitment saying such activities are in violation of the Emigration Act 1983 and amount to human trafficking, which is a punishable criminal offence.
It has been noticed that there has been a huge rise in the number of overseas job seekers being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents with fake job offers and also overcharging to the tune of Rs 2 to 5 lakh, it said.
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