The promise of a well paid job with India’s number one car company could end up costing a lot of money.
Lured by high salaries of up to INR200,000, (US$4,000) per month, several people from Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of India have fallen prey to the scamsters, who, according to the police, might have hacked the official email account of Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director and CEO of Maruti Suzuki.
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The Hindustan Times reported that, lured by the promise of such a high salary in India, people have been taken in and persuaded to first deposit some of their own money – which, of course, they never see again.
Police have zeroed in on a Nigerian woman whose passport has been used to open a bank account in which job aspirants were asked to deposit the money.
The money was later withdrawn from various ATMs.
The cyber crime wing of the Gurgaon police had earlier booked two people under various sections of the Indian penal code and the information technology act.
Maruti Suzuki has been forced take out advertisements in newspapers urging people not to fall prey to the forged emails. The company said, however, that the scam continues.
In the emails aspirants are asked to deposit up to INR10,000 (US$220) in a bank account as refundable deposit for sending air tickets for the interview.
