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Man posing as IGI employee arrested for Rs 3 lakh scam
A 32-year-old man posing as an IGI Airport employee was arrested Thursday for allegedly duping a Delhi woman of Rs 3 lakh by promising her son a cabin crew job. The accused,…
The Story in Brief
A 32-year-old man posing as an IGI Airport employee was arrested Thursday for allegedly duping a Delhi woman of Rs 3 lakh by promising her son a cabin crew job. The accused, Rajeev Kumar, contacted the woman on social media in July 2024 and took 16 UPI payments as security deposit, documentation charges, and recruitment fees. Police traced him to Madhu Vihar, where he worked as a security guard at a quick e-commerce store. Kumar admitted to luring victims with airport job promises, then blocking them, deleting chats, and destroying the SIM card. He used the money for personal expenses and debt repayment.
The Indian Opinion
Job scams like this one feed on desperation and the allure of a glamorous career. The easy narrative is to blame the woman for trusting a stranger on social media. But the real failing is the lack of checks on fake recruitment agents and the ease of making UPI payments to unknown accounts. The arrest is a rare win. The concrete question: how many such complaints result in FIRs, and how many in arrests? That number will tell if the system is serious.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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