I was a uni student and was approached for a lucrative side ‘job’ that required me to be an insurance agent by a private agency.
The job scope was simple – pass insurance exams, join an insurance company and I will be entitled to a few hundred a month for 24 months.
Being the naive and desperate student I was, I readily agreed as I really needed money to tide through a tough time. Years later, this is coming to bite me in my ass as I was accused of fraud by the insurance company. The fine is in tens of thousands and I am not even able to fork out this amount.
After contacting the boss of the private agency (name abbreviated as E), he simply refused to pay and cooperate.
This did not only occur to me, and I wanted to bring this to light so that many of you young university students will avoid this trap as they intentionally target young and less well to do individuals for this scam. I was young and stupid, and I learnt my lesson hoping to share this with a wider audience.
Here are what netizens think:
- Big question here is – Did you commit fraud? If yes, nothing to complain. If no, then fight the case. After you win, you can publish all facts here and warn others.
- Oh recruitment bonus fraud ba. Just point them to the recruiter.
- this is a very common risk of joining insurance company. hire legal aid to counter sue whichever company that charge you fraud. The courts are often busy with such annoying cases.
- Chances are this person may have committed fraud without knowing. Need more facts from both parties. Not one sided opinion.
- He is funding you for 24 months being his agent.
- So did U or did U not commit fraud?