Job Fraud : Shree 420 @ HCL

An anonymous group, posing as an HCL employee, is sending direct recruitment
offer letters to young professionals. The mail promises to send interview calls
from HCL Technologies to job seekers against deposit of a stipulated amount.

The mail is regarding openings for the upcoming projects in Pune and Delhi in
the IT and electronics manufacturing segment. The mail carrying HCL Direct
Recruitments Offer in the subject line of the mail says, The company has
selected thirty-two candidates list for IT, administration and production
departments, as well as is offering you to join as an executive/manager post in
the respective department.

HCL Technologies has refuted to such mails, saying that it strongly condemns
such mails and believes that these mislead aspiring applicants.

Ravi Shankar B, senior vice president and HR head, India operations, HCL
says, Such fraudulent mails cheat innocent job aspirants, misleading them into
giving money with the promise of providing jobs.

Such activities also tarnish the companys image, even though the
organization has no role to play in the entire crime. It is important, both from
the organizations and peoples perspective, that such crimes be stopped. We
take such matters very seriously and are working with the police authorities to
curb such malpractices, he says.

Interestingly, the email carries contact details of a person called K
Rangnathan. On contacting Rangnathan, he said that this is a confidential mail
sent to selective candidates chosen from a known job portal. He adds, We are
part of the HCL human resource department (employee ID-11538), and are sending
this mail on behalf of the company, HCL Technologies.

The email is asking the employees to deposit Rs 5,250 as an initial amount in
favor of Company HRD Department through any branch of Punjab National Bank to
the companys senior HRD. After doing so, the individual will receive an offer
letter along with air tickets for the final interview at HCL headquarters in
Noida on August 24, 2009.

It also promises to pay all expenditure till the time of face-to-face meeting
with the company official. The email is sent from hrd.call.6789012335@gmail.com
undersigned by a person named K Rangnathan, HCL Technologies India Ltd, HO A
140, Sector 27, Rajnigandha Chowk, Noida.

After depositing the amount, interested job seekers are supposed to give the
information to the company HRDdirect recruitment by writing in to
hcl.appointment@dr.com.

Shankar adds, This issue is not restricted to any one organization and has
been plaguing companies across various business segments. It is important for us
to take collective and strict action against such malpractices.

Recently, there was such a scandal, where job seekers were taken for a ride
in the name of Wipro Technologies, where again the fraudsters had asked for
money from job seekers.

So, beware of such fraudulent mails. Also let us know if at all you get any
such mails.

Akanksha Prasad/CIOL

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