Jobs are like golden deer in the ongoing pandemic. As a result, most of the unemployed youth are spending their time looking for jobs. Many are using social media to find jobs. And losing all their belongings in the clutches of the fraudsters who set traps through social media.
At a press conference on September 18, DB police informed that they had arrested three members of a money laundering ring who tempted unemployed job seekers to take jobs abroad. The detainees are Kabir, Shamsul and Yasin.
According to the DB, the fraudsters used Facebook as a tool to entrap the unemployed youth by opening anonymous accounts and for personal communication they used WhatsApp.
Four groups were found active to cheat the job seekers. The DB official called for refraining from associating with unfamiliar Facebook IDs to avoid such fraudulent cycles.
It was informed at the press conference that the fraudsters have swindled Taka 12 to 15 lakh from the job seekers on the pretext of various fees. Check books and fake documents of various banks were seized during their detention.