26 days ago
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I was recently deceived by Shine under the false promise of job placement services. Since my last date at my current company is March end, I agreed to explore their offer. Trusting Shine as part of Times of India, I did not question their credentials. I was first asked to pay ₹;5, 800 as a complete service charge valid for one year, with the assurance that a Relationship Manager(RM) would guide me until I secured offers. That same evening, Mr. Virendra introduced himself as my RM. He turned out to be a manipulative fraud emotionally abusive, coercive, and relentless in forcing payments.
Immediately after our discussion, he sent me a bill for over ₹;7, 000, claiming the earlier amount was only registration fees. He justified this by saying senior management roles required extra work. Each time I paid, another invoice followed. In total, I was extorted into paying ₹;75, 000 across five bills, all confirmed with receipts and emails. Even after promising not to demand more, he immediately sent another invoice for ₹;38, 000.
Throughout the calls, he was rude, harassing, and pressuring me to payeven suggesting I use my credit card. He claimed he was working beyond hours to help me and warned I was losing a golden opportunity. When I finally raised a complaint, Shine sent contradictory emails denying receipt of payments, despite confirmations.
It has been six days, and they have not responded, investigated, or started the process. Instead, they sent false emails claiming they called me for confirmation. I got one mail from one person named Renu sending me reminders saying if I do not confirm the process will not be initiated. I responded back asking her what services she is talking about 2 days back with no response from. It is so scary now as I am not sure how many more invoices they will send.
I have now filed a police complaint with Cyber Crime and hope to recover my money. My warning to all job seekers: do not trust Shine. Their practices are fraudulent, predatory, and designed to exploit candidates especially those pursuing senior roles.
