Job seekers in Chitrakoot are currently being targeted by fraudsters who have uploaded a fake health department advertisement onto various social media channels. These tricksters are attempting to dupe hopeful candidates by promising them government jobs in exchange for money. Following these developments, health authorities have firmly stated that no such recruitment notification has been issued by the department. Officials have already lodged a formal complaint with the police regarding this fraudulent activity.
Reports indicate that a similar recruitment scam involving the health department surfaced a few months ago, yet unscrupulous elements have once again managed to circulate a fabricated hiring advertisement. This notice has been spreading rapidly across social media networks. The department maintains that the entire advertisement is completely bogus, as no official vacancies have been announced in the health sector, and the campaign is solely designed to cheat unsuspecting citizens.
Addressing the controversy, Chitrakoot CMO Mahendra Kumar Tripathi stated that the office has not released any job openings and the viral social media circular is entirely fake and misleading. He advised people to visit the CMO office directly if they require authentic information regarding any department matters. He recalled that earlier as well, individuals had collected money under the false pretext of securing jobs in the health department, which turned out to be entirely fraudulent. Based on the currently viral letter, a formal complaint has been registered at the Superintendent of Police office.
To make the scam appear authentic, the fraudsters included a notification claiming openings for 95 posts in their fake advertisement. Local police are conducting their own investigation into the matter, while the health department continues to run public awareness campaigns to prevent citizens from falling prey to such scams. The CMO has also released a video stating that the cyber team has been alerted, and authorities are currently tracing the specific digital platform from which the fake advertisement was originally published.
