Cognizant Technology Solutions — job fraud

Address: Bangalore, Karnataka, 560066

Website: [email protected]

Hi frnds, I received a mail from S.Vinod Karthik mentioning that he will arrange job in CTS .For that we have to pay Rs.1500 as advance and Rs.60, 000 in 10 installments. The mail is,

My name is Vinod and this is regarding openings in software industry towards which I can process your resume.

Following are the details regarding recquirements and process.

I would like to INSIST you that go through entire content of my mail before replying me.

JOB RECQUIREMENTS:

CATEGORY:- SOFTWARE

COMPANY :- Cognizant Technologies ( www.cognizant.com )

SELECTION SCHEDULE:

Selection process schedule would take place on

1. Written-test : Saturday September 24th

2. Technical + Personal Interview : Sunday September 25th

3. Selection-process Venue : Chennai

4. Date of joining : October 1st week

If you are ok with payments both initial and total then I would start up your process immdtly and see that you get necessary confirmation from the company people.

Also if you are not comfortable with above mentioned dates then I would see that you attend process on other dates.I cannot change venue of selection-process and it is recquired by you to attend process in Chennai.Regarding job-posting I can see that you get it in Chennai.

JOB – POSTING :- CHENNAI

EXPERIENCE :- Entry Level

EDUCATION :- B.E/B.Tech, MCA, M.SC ( 2011 passouts / final semester candidates )

SKILL SET RECQUIRED :

KEY SKILLS:- C, C++, CURRICULUM-BASICS

SALARY:- 20, 000/- PER MNTH

JOB PROFILE AND DETAILS :

1. After being selected you will under training for 3mnths.

2. This training will be provided by company people theself.

3. You will be paid your salasry from first month itself which is inclusive of training period.

4. During your training period company people will train you on Microsoft, Java technologies and also on ERP.

5. This training will be on both development and testing aswell.

6. You will working as full-time permanent employee and not no any contract basis.

Regarding other details of company you can find them at their website which is www.cognizant.com

SELECTION PROCESS CRITERIA:

Ur selection would be divided into three rounds.

1. Written-test

This test completely concentrated on aptitude

2. Technical interview

This interview will be on C, C++ and your other curriculum basics.This round will be completely oral.

3. Personal Interview

This interview will be purely regarding your general & educational issues.

MY ROLE AND ASSISTANCE:

Before clearly informing you about me assistance I would clearly inform you that for all this process and all you need to pay me.I have mentioned all the payment below.

MY ASSISTANCE :

1. I will be forwarding your resume to compnay people and also see that you have been shortlisted for selection-process.This will be clearly evident to you when you will receive your call-letter for selection process.

2. This call for selection-process you will receive it directly from company people and not from me / any third party consultant.

3. Only after receieving call-letter from company people you are recquired to pay me for which details are mentioned below.

4. After receieving call-letter from company people I will be providing you with papers for your selection-process.I will be providing you with papers recquired for each and every round.

5. Yes whatever the papers I will be providing that will be enough for your selection-process.

6. Even after providing papers I will assist you in all the rounds of selection process.Let me explain you clearly how am I going to do this.After receiving all the papers you prepare well and when you attend the process you see that you perform minimum of 5.5 ( 55% ) out of 10 ( 100% )in written-test and technical interview rounds.Remaining things will be covered by me with help of my concerned people.

7. By doing all this I will be able to see that you get appointed.

PAYMENT:

Payment comes in two parts both initial and total.

INITIAL PAYMENT:

1. Initial payment will be 1500/- rs .

2. This amount should be paid only after you receive your interview call-letter for attending selection-process.This call-letter you will be receiving directly from company people.

3. As I told earlier I will sending papers for your selection-process only after this payment is being done.

4. As I mentioned above you will be receiving your call-letter directly from company people.This way you will be secured that you will be attending process with company.This will be the security which you can have from me.

Let me clear ur doubt about why to pay initial amount of 1500/- rs.

I mentioned clearly above about my role and my assistance.After receiving your call-letter and papers for your selection-process.When you attend the process you need to see that you should perform upto min % recquired which I mentioned earlier.In any case if you fail to do so then will loose my effort and also loose one position on my behalf.By saying this I do not comment on your potential.This is towards my security.

TOTAL PAYMENT:

1. Total payment will be three times of per month salary.

2. For this position company people will be offering 20, 000 per mnth salary.

3. You need to pay me 20, 000 * 3 = 60, 000

4. This 60, 000 has to be paid in ten equal installments that 60, 000 / 10 = 6, 000 per installment.

5. Each installment has to be paid from your respective salary which will be as follows.

From your first month salary – first installment of 6, 000

From your second month salary – second installment of 6, 000

From your third month salary – third installment of 6, 000

From your fourth month salary – fourth installment of 6, 000

From your fifth month salary – fifth installment of 6, 000

From you sixth month salary – sixth installment of 6, 000

This way upto ten months

This way youl will be having your job security.

Now let me inform that In worst case if there is a failure.Yes I will carry your process towards other companies if there is failure.

First let me inform you failure can be either from your side or from my side.

YOUR SIDE: You have not performed upto min % which is recquired by me.

In this stage I will process your resume towards other companies for which you need not have to pay me 1500/- rs for each and evry company.

FROM MY SIDE : You have performed upto or abobve min % recquired and even after that you have not been appointed with company.This will be failure from side.

In this stage I would definetly return the INITIAL AMOUNT which U have paid to me.Also If you feel you can continue with me then I will be processing your resume towards other companies.

Now I hope ur clear with both payments.

TIME CONSTRAINT:

If you are ok with both payments then we should see that process is started 1-2 days.Upone starting process I like to see that you get mjaximum time for preparation so that we can have better results.

MY PERSONAL DETAILS:

I was an employee with Kareer Edge Technologies forum in Bangalore/Chennai.

Right now I have left that forum becoz of some personal problems.

As becoz of my earlier work atmosphere i'm able to handle things with said manner so that I can look upon people getting recruited.

Also I have recieved your resume from Invika Technologies Bangalore.

Also I'm having follwoing resume o[censored]r's which I'm attaching with my mail.

Note: Finally if you are ok with my process ( along with payments of both initial and total, process dates ) reply me along with your latest updated resume along with your contact no.

S.VINOD KARTHIK

Then I replied to him as I am interested in it and requested to move further.Two days later he called me and confirmed it. The next day he send me a call letter resembling same as a call letter from cognizant from the company mail id(FAKE MAIL) and asked me to deposit Rs.1500 to his SBI Account ([protected]). But I didn't do tat . When I came through complaint forums, I confirmed it as a fraud. The call letter looks like,

Dear John Ibrahim!

We appreciate your keen interest in working with COGNIZANT and in this
regard you are required to attend selection process with us.

Following are the necessary details for your selection process.

Your selection process code : B-15

Written-test :

Date :[protected]
Time : 11.00 am
Duration : 1 1/2 hrs

Technical-interview :

Date :[protected]
Time : 11.00 am
Duration : 1 hr

Personal Interview :

Date :[protected]
Time : 2.00 pm
Duration : 45mins

You are required to attend the whole process at following venue

#5/535, Old Mahabalipuram Road,
Okkiam -Thoraipakkam,
Chennai 600 096
You will be reimbursed of your charges once you complete your first Level
of selection-process.

You are required to carry following along with you at the time of
selection process

1). Duplicate copies of your certificates.
2). Your complete updated resume.
3). Three passport size photograph of yours.
4). Hard copy of this mail.

You are required to be at the venue one hour before on the day of
written-test.You will be given contact details on the day of written-test.

For more information on COGNIZANT visit our website www.cognizant.com.

We request you to plan your availability accordingly.Do not reply to this
mail.

Regards
HRD Recruitment.
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