An Indian expat lost over 44,000 dirhams ($11,978) to scammers who assured of providing help for him to secure a job in Canada.
An Abu-Dubai based Indian expat has been the victim of the fraud which was carried out using high-profile names of the High Commissioner of India in Canada, high Commissioner of Canada in India and a top immigration attorney based in Canada, said the Khaleej times in a report on Wednesday.
Ritesh Mishra, the victim says that he has been working here for seven years and as he was seeking a change, he has opted for Canada. He started following a verified Facebook page in June 2019 which was of the then High Commissioner of India in Canada Vikas Swarup. He had left a message with his contact details to which he was responded after few days where in he was asked to contact BICC immigration consultancy and High Commissioner of Canada in India Nadir Patel.
Mishra started following the Facebook pages of Patel and has written a note. Later, he was responded by Patel through Whatsapp with Indian mobile number and has assured help with the visa application process. The contact details of Davidson Mcllwraith who is an immigration attorney based in Canada and was asked to follow his advice.
Mishra was then landed with a job offer by august and an interview with the Air Canada was arranged by Mcllwraith who has sent an offer letter to Mishra in September. It contained another letter saying that all the immigration formalities of Mishra would be authorized by Mcllwraith.
Mishra checked the authenticity of the offer letter through the twitter page of ‘Canada in India (High Commission of Canada)’ and has confirmed it being genuine, in October.
Mishra was then asked to open a bank account for the fund access and was asked to transfer Rs 375,000, by Mcllwraith for opening the account which when done an acknowledgement was received stating the opening of account and the deposition of cash, by the Scotia Bank.
Mishra was asked to transfer over Rs 475,000 to a bank account in India, during the months of October and November. The amount Rs 169,900 for income tax record, Rs 160,881 as visa stamp fee and Rs 145,000 for educational credentials assessment was asked which the victim has transferred.
The fraud has come into daylight when Mishra went to the Indian Embassy in Abu Dubai for the submission of Passport where he was told that it was a fake invitation and there exists no application in his name.
The matter is being followed up the Indian Embassy in Abu Dubai with the concerned authorities.
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