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Fake Foreign Job Offers and How to Check Them.

Instances of fake job rackets offering lucrative jobs to trap Indian professionals have been happening for quite some time. Types of Fake Job Offers These fake job offers mainly include two types. One in which there is either no job and you are made to pay one fee after another like job application fee, visa processing fee, airfare charges, etc. endlessly for nothing… or the other type of offers wherein you are actually placed at Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Measuring Efficacy of Online/Offline Reputation Management. Why, When & How? #ConsumerInsights

Reputation management, as per traditional dictionary definition has been the exercise of public relations side of a Brand to control impression that it’s target customer groups (should) have of it. Direct indicator of your reputation management exercise has always been sales figures and any unusual drop in chart should warrant attention before it goes out of hand. Much part of a Brand’s impression of reputation is through online touchpoints these days as their customer’s purchase Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Verify Real Income of RTE Applicants

Right to Education Act (R.T.E.) which was passed by Indian Govt. in 2010 with an aim to provide free education to socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society by reserving 25% seats for them in all Private Schools, has since become a tool in the hands of fraudsters and turned into a large scale scam throughout India specially with Nursery Class Admissions (also called LKG).   We are not just talking about fake documents Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Why Perform Background Checks?

Single wrong hire can land you in huge legal and monetary penalties and cause catastrophic damages to the reputation and growth of your organization. These damages are caused by identity and data theft, financial fraud, criminal breach, corporate espionage, etc. in your organization. Organizations worldwide that lack in implementing proper background check policies for their general and senior staff suffer median loss of a staggering 94,00,000 (94 Lakh in Indian Rupees) annually at average turnover of 10 Crore. Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

How the fake-jobs industry scams Indians

Like many college students, Deepika Chadha was looking to make a little money and get some work experience this summer. In the future, she’d like to be a graphic designer. For the moment, Chadha thought, a call centre job would do. She expected to earn Rs 15,000 a month while positioning herself to get a real job, rather than an internship, after she graduates next year. In June, Chadha created a profile on the job Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Delhi Police books landlords for unverified tenants

The city police have booked more than 1,750 landlords for not getting their tenants screened by the department. Random checks were launched after cops analysed that unverified tenants were involved in many crimes. Police say it becomes tough for them to crack such cases where the accused is not verified. It is mandatory for all landlords to get their tenants verified with the nearest police station. Screening of house help and employees too is mandatory Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Employers Can Now Check CIBIL Score

If you have ever defaulted on a credit card payment or had an extension on your student loan, watch out! Your credit history could impact decisions — right from buying an iPhone6 to landing a new job. This is because credit bureau Cibil has tied up with e-commerce players and employee-screening firms to share data on consumers and potential job candidates.Capricious borrowers also may find their loan-repayment track record returning to haunt them at the Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Is Your Degree Also Fake? 23 Universities, 279 Technical Education Institutes Found Fake

UGC & AICTE Annual Review Finds 23 Fake Universities and 279 Fake Technical Institutes Operating in India Delhi isn’t just the national and political capital of India, it holds same status when it comes to Fake Universities and Technical Institutes. When you look at the list of fake institutes released by AICTE, 66 colleges offering engineering and other technical courses without the regulator’s permission were registered and operating in Delhi. There are 279 such technical Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

Best Ways to Avoid Identity Theft

Identity theft is rampant and can be difficult to detect. Follow these steps to protect your money. Majority of fraud cases in retail financial transactions are due to identity theft. These accounted for about 77% of all detected fraud cases in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report, Fraud Report 2016, by Experian India, a credit information agency. Experts agree that as use of Internet increases in day-to-day financial affairs, cybercrime is also Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago

E-Commerce & Merchant Verification

Phones worth Rs 1 crore stolen and sold on Flipkart, Police sends notice to e-tailer Delhi Police on Tuesday sent a notice to e-commerce giant Flipkart following the arrest of six persons and recovery of stolen high-end mobile phones worth around Rs 1 crore, many of which were allegedly sold through the e-tailer’s website. The notice, addressed to the CEO of the company, asks the company to join the probe in connection with stolen phones Read more…

By Risc Curis, ago