The girl's request to the police: How can I escape from this mess?
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He had experience working in an insurance company in the past. During that time, clients would sometimes send policy and premium amounts to her personal account, which she would later deposit into the company's account. He thought, 'This is the same.'
"I have done an online job". I didn't know that the money in my account was fraudulent. I used to return the money to the employer immediately. Now I have received threatening calls and messages saying that I am being cheated by playing online games. I am also cheated . Register my complaint and give me justice.'
A young woman who took a night bus from Nepalgunj and reached Crime Investigation Office Teku in the morning was wiping her tears and narrating her pain to the police. But the police did not accept the plea saying that he was working with a thug.
She is a 23-year-old college student and started an online job hoping to raise her brother's medical expenses. After his father passed away 15 years ago, his mother remarried . After that, she used to study at her mother's house. Two and a half years ago, after the maternal grandmother also passed away, she started living with a room. It was difficult for him to take regular medication for his brother, study and pay for the room. On December 30, while scrolling through Facebook, she saw a post titled 'Online Job Opportunity'. After clicking the link, he got a message on WhatsApp, "We can give you jobs and an attractive salary."
The girl asked: What is the job? How much money comes in?
Answered : Money arrives in your account. That money should be kept in our or company's account. It is an easy task that can be done at home.
When she asked for information about the company, the answer came: It's a cross-border Amazon company. We are looking for Nepalese citizens as we do not have an account in Nepal.
He had experience working in an insurance company in the past . During that time, clients would sometimes send policy and premium amounts to her personal account, which she would later deposit into the company's account. He thought, 'This is the same .'
They even started the job selection process . Which gave him more confidence . She sent her citizenship, photograph, bank account details and QR code for the same. On December 31, he was informed that he had been selected for the job. He was then added to a Telegram group called 'Star Pay', where there were 9 people, including two people identified as being from the United Kingdom. They would send vouchers or screen shots to the group saying "money is coming". Money would come within 10-15 minutes. He was asked to send the amount received to the QR code given by the same group. She often sent money to various bank accounts of people like Lak Maya Tamang, Somi Lama Tamang, Januka Subedi.
The girl was paid 1 percent of the amount. The work went on fast. Two of his own and sister's son who is abroad . She was also using her account for the same purpose. She was preparing to open a new bank account as the bank would have only limited transactions. But when she got a call from CIB on January 7, she was shocked. Finally, she found out that the money coming into her account is fraudulent. She is now under financial and mental stress.
After receiving a call from the police, she filed an application at the Banke District Police Office. But the application was not accepted. After that, she traveled by bus all night and came to Kathmandu. "I kept 1 percent of all the money I received and sent it to others." I was also cheated as a job,' she said. She says that there was a transaction of about 35 lakh rupees through three banks in seven days .
'Many are calling . It is not possible to return the money . In the meantime, after one person said that he would file a case, I asked a friend to pay 60,000. I used to earn 15 thousand rupees while working in an insurance company . I have to pay the college fees, I also have the responsibility of treating my brother,' she cried and expressed her sorrow, 'I earned 35 thousand by working . But after paying 17,000 college fees, the remaining amount was spent on the treatment of Dai. ’
She tells that she is trapped and now wants to escape from this problem. "I didn't even know that this kind of cheating happens." Now I am in a situation of life and death,' she cried and put her problem, 'I got caught in the lure of online jobs, but I am not a criminal.' She said that she got caught in this scam because she did not get information about such scams before. 'If I had known, I would not have done this,' she says, 'Am I guilty or a victim?' Fraudsters send unofficial links under different names like Zumi, Amazon and ask them to complete various tasks under the guise of online jobs.
Victims are forced to like, subscribe and share and send funds to various banks and wallets with the promise of a small amount of profit . These types of online fraud cases are increasing day by day.
He said, "I request you not to do financial transactions with strangers." 30 cases related to online fraud have been registered till January of this financial year. The amount of which is in billions. After living in a country, you cannot be forgiven for not following the laws of the country. Acharya urges people to be careful when using social media to avoid such financial losses and legal action.
