I would like to register a complaint against Careermarts consultancy (Vinay Sharma) for suspected recruitment fraud. I was contacted by this agency in March 2019, saying that they had openings in ITC Ltd. (Mumbai) for senior level openings in Finance and as I was looking for a job at that time, I readily agreed to pay their registration fees, profile and ID verification fees of Rs 45000. Thereafter they organized one telephonic interview and three Skype interviews for me and I paid nearly Rs 400000 lacs towards “refundable” interview fees. In addition to this before the final interview round I was asked to pay nearly Rs 24 lacs for ensuring the final shortlisting and recruitment. I also paid this, but in the final interview I was informed that I had been selected for recruitment in June 2021. My contact person was Vinay Sharma, who assured me that they would ensure that the recruitment would be done by Jan 2020. In fact he even called me once to tally the payments which i had made with his records. However in March 20 after following up with them, I was informed that all recruitments were on hold due to the pandemic, so I was asked to be patient and hold on. They even refunded me Rs * lac from the refundable interview fees as I was in financial difficulty at that time (around Jan 2020). Thereafter there was very little communication
Finally in Jan 21, I received another mail from them saying that the company would be reverting soon on my recruitment status. After receiving this mail I was hopeful that this would finally get resolved. However after that I followed up several times with Mr. Sharma over mail but received no reply. I have also tried calling him on his number 91266 90809, however this number is not operational. Initially I was quite impressed with their professional behavior and prompt communication and I had set aside all my doubts. However from their recent lack of response I am beginning to get convinced that I have been scammed. This entire incident has caused me immense financial difficulty and mental stress and I need help in resolving this issue.
Recently I got a call from some person named Sachin Sharma (in April 2022) claiming to be from Razor Pay and they assured me that they would arrange full refund of the money around Rs 30 lacs paid to Career Marts, they even sent me an email asking for upfront fees of 2% i.e. Rs 60,000. But the mail did not seem genuine. So I ignored their calls. Now I need full refund of this money. I have all their emails and numbers from which I was contacted
Can you please assist me with this matter.
Sincere regards
Arup Sarkar