A number of complaints have been filed about fake airline jobs, The scamsters pretend to offer jobs on leading airlines like Air India, Go Air, Air Asia, Spice Jet etc and collect processing fees from unsuspecting candidates.

Thankfully, the Delhi Police has busted the racket and arrested 12 people (including 9 women) for duping people by promising airline jobs.

The Times of India reported that the northwest Delhi police have arrested 12 people, including nine women, who allegedly duped people on the pretext of providing jobs in different airlines. The accused posed as human resource department officials of the airlines and conducted fake job interviews over the phone. The victims were then made to shell out money on different pretexts after which the accused switched off their phones and went underground.

According to DCP Usha Rangnani, the accused have cheated more than 200 people in past few months.
The police had received a complaint from a person alleging that a call center had cheated him of Rs 12,250 on the pretext of providing a job in an airline. During investigation, it was revealed that the fake call centre was running at a house in Shastri Nagar on the pretext of providing jobs in different airlines. Later, a raid was conducted and the 12 accused involved in running the alleged call center were nabbed. The three men arrested were the main conspirators who had hired the nine women as tele-callers, the DCP added.

They charged the victims Rs 700 to Rs 1,200 as fees for registration, Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 for account opening and Rs 4,500 to Rs 6,000 for uniform, police said.

Further efforts are being made to trace the accounts in which the cheated money was being transferred. Cash Rs 2,31,000, 15 mobile phones, two debit cards, etc., were recovered from their possession, police added.

The accused have been identified as Neeraj Kumar (35), Amir (28), Sonu (33), Sandhya (27) Neeta Rawat (28), Mushkaan, Vimlesh (27), Harpreet Kaur (26), Nisha (21), Jaya (21), Deepika (21) and Moni (20).