Facebook Trap: Bengaluru Couple hires maid via Facebook ad; maid steals THIS from their house

Karnataka News: An Event took place when a Bengaluru couple hired maid through online platform steals gold worth upto Rs 2.3 lakh. The couple were both working professionals and need help for managing home because of their busy schedule.

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Karnataka News: A Bengaluru couple got trapped in scam and losed gold jewellery worth Rs 2.3 lakh. They posted Facebook Advertisement looking for maid and hired a live-in maid for the house. End up losing Gold jewellery. Ablijit Deb us an area business manager ; and his  wife is senior process manager with work-from-home arrangement. The couple decided to get maid to look after their home. They posted Facebook Advertisement with the requirement of maid for ' Cook and Maid' purpose  in the first week of December . Immediately they recieved several response regarding the job.
 

How they hired live-in maid online

They received multiple calls regarding the job via Facebook page. Later a woman, who claimed to be from Bengal , come in for the interview as Devonita Karmakuru .She agreed to do all the house chores, but refused to live-in with them . The maid called again after few weeks and said that she is willing to live-in with them . She started her job from 11 December , the couple provided her with room to stay and collect her document  for identification and collect her Aadhaar card.
 

Maid's Master plan

As per the report ,Abhijit left his home for work in morning. While his wife and father and maid was in home. Later in the afternoon his wife went to sleep. After waking up she couldn't find the house help. To her surprise even the gold jewellery was absent from the house .
Fake Identity of Maid.

When the couple seek help from the police regarding the incident, and handed maid's Aadhar card to the police , it was found that it was fake. Later, the couple claimed for not being aware and didn't use police verfication help before hiring house-help .