SRINAGAR:  The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) today cautioned the job aspirants against the activities of some unscrupulous elements who are deceiving the gullible candidates using various deceptive means.

“It has been reported by some candidates that these unscrupulous elements including some of the aspirants themselves are deceitfully flaunting their proximity with the Board authorities or being in touch with them and are dishing out misleading information regarding recruitments and policy matters of the Board telephonically and through Social Media,” said Suhail Malik, PRO, JKSSB in a statement.

In some cases, which have come to the notice of the Board, even fake contact details of the Board authorities have been created by these unscrupulous elements in their cellphones and are creating spoofing conversations to give an impression to the gullible candidates that they are regularly in touch with the Board authorities, he said and added that even screenshot of such a fake conversation had been generated yesterday and  posted in social media.

He further said the prospective candidates/job aspirants are cautioned not to fall prey to the designs of such unscrupulous elements who are trying to dupe the unsuspecting aspirants/candidates with misinformation, rumors or any false promises of securing them job either through influence or by use of unfair or unethical means.

He said the Board has collected some cellphone numbers and handed over the same to the law enforcing agencies for further investigation to ascertain if these are being used by impersonators.