How to get back my money which I paid to a fraud overseas recruiter ?

Question

I am an overseas job aspirant and 4 months back I saw an ad in a news paper with a caption of " Singapore recruitment, Free Visa". When I approached the agent (licenced from ministry of labour, Govt. of India) he told my CV suits for the job and I have been selected. Further more he asked me to pay an amount of Rs.1500 for medical check up. I paid that amount to him and attended medical test.Then he told his service fee will be Rs.20000, out of that 8000 I have to make as an advance payment. I made that payment also in return I got an reciept for the same amount. He told I can reclaim that amount at any time by giving 15 days notice.He assured me visa will be ready within 60 days. But he failed to arrange an visa even after 100days. I found from my own sources that he is a fraud and he cheated few more people by doing same thing. I reclaimed my money back by giving 15 days notice but he refused to do so and threatened to manhandle me. Please advice how to get back my hard earned money.

Answer 1

Your case shows both deficiency of services by the recruitment agent as well cheating by dishonestly charging you for the job that was not in existence or for which he was not authorized to recruit anyone or you were not given this job even if you were recruited by him for no fault of yours. As you state he has been indulging in such recruitment scams & it is a fit case for which a F.I.R should be lodged with the local police station from where this person operates. You can also approach the District Consumer Forum for recovery of the amount spent by you for this whole work as well claim damages & cost against him under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Answer 2

sound like you got scammed big time. i mean you can try to report it, but i think you are going to have a heck of a time getting the money back. i am sorry to say, but you might be out of all that money.