Shine.com — fraud regarding fake job proposal and extracting money

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Dear sir,

I, sucharita basu, an educationist by profession, presently principal of silver point school in south kolkata. I am looking for a change of job. I got the contact of a person at shine.com and his contact no is ; [protected]. I have been in conversation with him since wednesday 30th october, 2019.

I was told that there was a vacancy coming up in south city international school, a reputed school very near to my home. I spoke to this gentleman.
I was asked to enroll by paying an amount of 3550/-.
After the payment, i received a list of documents to be submitted. The last one being a verification certificate. Not being able to furnish that, i was asked to pay an amount of 12, 950/- for which i received an acknowledgement mail.
Following this, as per our continuous telephonic conversation, and as promised by the gentleman, a telephonic interview was held on 2nd november at 3pm for 15 minutes. I was told that they will get back to me via shine.
On the 4th of november, i received an email from south city international stating that they are offering me the post of principal. It was very clear to me that the letter was a spam mail. I contacted shine and they asked me to forward the mail, which i did. They called immediately to say that this was a fake mail.
In the evening on the same day, i received another mail from shine stating that if i want my appointment letter i must submit as security deposit an amount of 17, 500/-. This was followed by a conversation with the same gentleman. Now i must admit that i was feeling apprehensive that something was not right. A principal can never be appointed without a face to face interview. I refused to pay this big sum.
Now i am really having doubts about the authenticity of this entire organisation. Do you charge money at every step. It is really very unfortunate that an organisation of your repute turns out to be a fraud. I thought of approaching shine.com directly to know the real picture. As shine members we do not wish to be cheated. If some people are misusing your name, you need to take action.
I am attaching all the mails received.
Hoping to receive some positive feedback at the earliest.