Fake TCS / Infosys Job Offer India 2026Fake HR Portals, Google Meet Traps & Forged Offer Letters
A fake company HR portal scam builds a professionally designed website impersonating TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Amazon India or another real employer, runs a fake Google Meet interview on a personal Gmail link, issues an offer letter with a forged logo, and collects fees for laptop deposits, security clearances or onboarding kits before the ‘joining date’ - then disappears.
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24%
Share of India job-fraud complaints linked to fake company HR portals
NCRB 2025
₹52,000
Average loss per victim - the highest of any job-fraud category
MHA I4C 2025
TCS, Infosys, Wipro
The three most impersonated Indian IT brands in fake HR portal cases
cybercrime.gov.in 2025
3 Min
Time needed to verify any Indian MNC job offer using the email-domain check
RakshaAI guide
The one rule: real TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Amazon India interviews never use personal Google Meet links, and real MNCs never demand any fee before joining. If an offer fails either test, it is a fake company HR portal scam - do not pay anything.
Brand impersonation, not just a fee demand
A generic advance-fee job scam sends a fake offer letter and asks for a registration fee. This scam is more sophisticated: a dedicated website impersonating a real MNC brand, a simulated Google Meet interview with a ‘panel’, and a forged offer letter carrying the real company logo - before multiple fee types are demanded.
Compare generic advance-fee job fraudThe one rule, in three parts
Real TCS, Infosys and Wipro Never Do These Three Things
The entire fake HR portal scam rests on job seekers not knowing these three rules. Learn them once and every variant of this scam becomes obvious.
The email domain rule
Every genuine HR communication from TCS arrives from @tcs.com. Infosys: @infosys.com. Wipro: @wipro.com. Amazon India: @amazon.com. A message from @tcs-india-hr.com or @infosys-careers.net is a forgery, however professional the document looks.
The Google Meet rule
Indian MNCs interview on corporate Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex or company-provisioned Zoom with institutional accounts - never a personal Gmail Google Meet link. An interviewer appearing on Google Meet from a gmail.com account is not genuine HR.
The zero-fee rule
No Indian MNC or legitimate consultancy charges candidates a laptop deposit, security clearance fee, onboarding kit or background-verification fee before employment. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 makes it a criminal offence.
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Official Careers Portals & Email Domains of India’s Top MNCs
Any email from any domain other than the company’s official domain below is fake - this single check eliminates most fake company HR portal fraud in India.
| Company | Official Careers Portal | Official HR Email Domain |
|---|---|---|
| TCS | careers.tcs.com | @tcs.com |
| Infosys | careers.infosys.com | @infosys.com |
| Wipro | careers.wipro.com | @wipro.com |
| Amazon India | amazon.jobs | @amazon.com |
| HCL | careers.hcltech.com | @hcl.com |
| Accenture India | accenture.com/in-en/careers | @accenture.com |
The full playbook
How the Fake HR Portal Scam Works - 5 Stages
Understanding all five stages lets you identify the fraud at Stage 2 or 3 - well before any fee is ever requested.
Stage 1 - The Fake Website
A professional-looking domain such as tcs-india-recruitment.com or careers-tcsglobal.in is registered, copying brand colours, the real logo, and genuine-sounding openings at competitive salaries. It surfaces via Google Ads, job boards or fake employee LinkedIn posts.
Stage 2 - The Shortlisting Email
A professionally formatted shortlisting message arrives from the fake portal domain, sometimes with a screening test to add authenticity. Checking the sender domain at this stage - a 10-second look at the part after the @ - exposes the fraud instantly.
Stage 3 - The Google Meet Interview
You are interviewed on Google Meet via a link from a Gmail account, often with a branded virtual background and multiple 'panel members'. Real Indian MNCs use corporate meeting platforms with institutional accounts, never a personal Gmail invite.
Stage 4 - The Forged Offer Letter
A convincing offer letter follows - company logo, an HR name found on LinkedIn, salary details, a joining date weeks away. The logo and formatting are copied from genuine letters. This is a criminal forgery under IPC Sections 465 and 468.
Stage 5 - Fee Demands & Disappearance
Framed as routine pre-joining formalities, fees arrive in stages: laptop deposit, security clearance, onboarding kit, background verification. After payment, the HR contact goes silent, the portal disappears, and the joining date passes with no contact.
Stage 5, in detail
The Fee Escalation Ladder
Fees rarely arrive as a single demand - they escalate in stages, each framed as a routine pre-joining formality, to keep the candidate paying.
Laptop Deposit
₹10,000 - 30,000
For a 'company-provided laptop' issued on Day 1
Security Clearance Fee
₹5,000 - 15,000
For a 'mandatory government clearance' for IT roles
Onboarding Kit Fee
₹3,000 - 8,000
For training material, credentials and merchandise
Background Verification Fee
₹2,000 - 5,000
For a third-party verification agency
Reported case patterns
How the Scam Plays Out - India Case Patterns 2024-2025
These are composite patterns drawn from commonly reported fake company HR portal cases in India, not individual verified incidents.
Lookalike-domain laptop deposit
A typosquat domain of a major IT brand runs a full hiring funnel ending in a Google Meet interview and a forged offer letter. A laptop deposit is collected days before the joining date; the portal goes offline once payment clears.
Multi-tranche fee escalation
Security clearance, training-kit and background-verification fees are collected as three separate payments over two weeks, with the joining date postponed after each one to keep the candidate paying.
Cold LinkedIn approach
A profile claiming to be a company's 'Talent Acquisition Manager' - created only months earlier - cold-messages candidates, moves the interview to a personal Gmail Google Meet link, then requests an onboarding-kit fee.
Dual-domain operation
Two near-identical lookalike domains run in parallel for the same impersonated brand, spreading two rounds of Google Meet interviews and combined laptop-deposit plus background-check fees across both.
Shell consultancy placement
A newly registered 'IT staffing' consultancy advertises placement at recognisable IT brands on job boards. Registration, background-check and ID-card fees are collected before an MCA21 check (often done only after payment) shows the company was registered weeks earlier at an unverifiable address.
Before paying anything
8 Red Flags of a Fake Company HR Portal
- 1
Non-official email domain
The fastest, most conclusive check. TCS HR uses @tcs.com, Infosys uses @infosys.com, Wipro uses @wipro.com. Any other domain sending an offer or interview invite is definitively fake.
- 2
Google Meet from a personal Gmail account
Corporate interview invites from Indian MNCs come from institutional @company.com accounts, never a personal gmail.com Google Meet link.
- 3
Any pre-joining fee is requested
Laptop deposit, security clearance, onboarding kit, background verification - no legitimate Indian employer charges candidates any fee before employment begins.
- 4
The portal URL differs from the official careers site
TCS is careers.tcs.com, Infosys is careers.infosys.com, Wipro is careers.wipro.com. Any other URL for a "recruitment portal" using these names is fake.
- 5
The domain was registered recently
A domain under six months old claiming to be a major IT brand recruitment portal is a strong fraud signal - check it at the Website Safety Checker.
- 6
The company's official switchboard has no record of the offer
Call the company's real HR line from their official website, not the offer letter. A genuine employer confirms or denies within minutes.
- 7
A placement consultancy's MCA21 registration is very recent or missing
For any agency or consultancy, verify at mca.gov.in. Registered under six months ago is high risk; not registered at all means it is operating illegally.
- 8
The offer came via cold outreach on LinkedIn or Naukri for a role you never applied to
Legitimate MNCs hire from official portals, authorised agencies, and campus placement - not unsolicited messages from a recently created recruiter profile.
Five checks, under 3 minutes
How to Verify Any Indian MNC Job Offer
Step 1
Check the email domain
Confirm the sender domain against the company's official domain exactly. Any variation - a hyphen, an extra word, a different top-level domain - means the message is fake. This single check eliminates most fake HR portal fraud in minutes.
Step 2
Call the company's official switchboard
Find the company's real main number from their official website, not from the offer letter or portal email. Ask HR to confirm the offer using the reference number and the named HR manager. A fake portal cannot intercept a call to the real company.
- Check portal safety
Step 3
Verify the portal and the consultancy
Paste the job-portal URL into the Website Safety Checker for domain age and fraud signals. For any placement agency or consultancy, also verify registration at mca.gov.in.
Step 4
Verify the Google Meet invite sender
Before joining any interview, check who sent the meeting invite. It should come from an institutional account, not a gmail.com address. If it is a Gmail invite, decline and call official HR directly.
Step 5
Never pay before Day 1
If any fee is requested before your first working day - under any name - the offer is fraudulent. Real Indian employers bear their own onboarding costs. End communication and report immediately.
If you already paid a fake company fee
Recovery Guide - What to Do Next
Speed matters most in the first 30 minutes. Preserve evidence and start every reporting channel in parallel, not in sequence.
- 1
Call 1930 within 30 minutes of the last transfer
Provide the recipient UPI ID and the amount and time of every transfer for a chance at account freeze. Simultaneously screenshot every email, the offer letter PDF, Google Meet screenshots and payment confirmations before the fake portal disappears.
- 2
File on cybercrime.gov.in and report the domain to CERT-In
File under Online Job Fraud / Company Impersonation with the fake portal URL, emails, offer letter and receipts. Separately report the website to CERT-In at incident@cert-in.org.in for a possible domain takedown, and email the impersonated company's official fraud or security team.
- 3
Card chargeback and consumer forum
For card payments, contact your issuer for an RBI chargeback citing goods/services not delivered. File a complaint at consumerhelpline.gov.in and call the National Consumer Helpline on 1915.
- 4
File an FIR citing forgery, not just fraud
Cite IT Act Sections 66C and 66D alongside IPC Sections 465 and 468 (forgery), 419 (cheating by personation) and 420 (fraud). The forged offer letter is physical evidence that elevates the case to a forgery prosecution.
- 5
Report to the real company and to RakshaAI
Real companies actively pursue impersonators to protect their brand. Send the fake portal URL, HR name and email, Google Meet account and UPI IDs to their official fraud team and to RakshaAI to warn other job seekers.
Report the fake portal before it targets more candidates
Keep the portal URL, offer letter PDF, Google Meet screenshots and UPI IDs ready.
The Law: Why This Is Forgery, Not Just Fraud
IPC Section 465 & 468
Forgery (up to 2 years) and forgery for the purpose of cheating (up to 7 years). The forged offer letter with a copied logo is physical evidence under these sections.
IPC Section 419 & 420
Cheating by personation (up to 3 years) for impersonating a real company, and fraud/cheating (up to 7 years) for the money obtained.
IT Act Sections 66C & 66D
Identity fraud using company logos and credentials, and cheating by impersonation using a computer resource - the fake website itself.
Employment Exchanges Act, 1959
Charging any candidate a fee before employment begins is a criminal offence under this Act, independent of the forgery charges.
Scale of the problem
Fake Company HR Portal Statistics India 2025-2026
| Metric | Data | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Share of job fraud from fake company HR portals | 24% | NCRB 2025 |
| Average loss - highest of all job-fraud categories | ₹52,000 | MHA I4C 2025 |
| Top 3 impersonated brands combined (TCS, Infosys, Wipro) | 61% of fake HR portal cases | cybercrime.gov.in 2025 |
| Most common fee type | Laptop deposit | NCRB 2025 |
| Average fake-portal domain age at first complaint | 19 days | CERT-In 2025 |
| Recovery via 1930 within 30 minutes | ~8-10% | 1930 helpline data 2025 |
A 19-day average domain age is the most practically useful figure here: a recently registered domain claiming to be a TCS or Infosys recruitment portal is a strong fraud signal on its own.
Don’t confuse the mechanisms
How This Differs From Other Job Scams India
| Related scam | Key distinction | Full guide |
|---|---|---|
| Advance Fee Job Registration Fraud | A generic fake offer letter and a registration or training fee - without a dedicated brand-impersonation website or a Google Meet interview stage. | Read guide |
| WhatsApp / Telegram Job Offer Scam | An informal message with no interview at all, followed by task deposits. This page involves a professional website and a simulated interview process. | Read guide |
| Task Scam / Like and Earn Fraud | Real micro-tasks and small payouts lead to escalating boosted-task deposits - a different mechanism from a simulated corporate hiring process. | Read guide |
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Quick answers
Frequently Asked Questions About Fake Company HR Portals
How do I know if a TCS, Infosys, or Wipro job offer is genuine?
Check three things in under three minutes: (1) the sender's email domain must be exactly @tcs.com, @infosys.com, @wipro.com or @amazon.com - any other domain is fake. (2) Call the company's official main switchboard, found on their own website, and ask HR to confirm the offer. (3) Confirm the recruitment portal URL matches the official careers site: careers.tcs.com, careers.infosys.com or careers.wipro.com. All three checks together eliminate essentially all known fake HR portal fraud.
Why is a Google Meet interview a red flag for Indian MNC job offers?
Real Indian MNCs use corporate communication platforms for interviews - Microsoft Teams with institutional accounts, Cisco Webex, or company-provisioned Zoom - not personal Gmail Google Meet links. An interview invite from a gmail.com account is definitively not from a genuine TCS or Infosys HR representative. Always check the sender of the meeting invite before joining.
Is it legal for a company to ask for a laptop deposit or security clearance fee in India?
No. Under the Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959, charging candidates any fee before employment begins is a criminal offence. This covers laptop deposits, security-clearance fees, onboarding-kit fees and background-verification fees under any name. No legitimate Indian employer charges candidates before Day 1 - all onboarding costs are borne by the employer.
How do I check if a company HR portal website is real or fake?
Paste the URL into the RakshaAI Website Safety Checker to review domain age and fraud signals - a domain under six months old claiming to be a major IT brand recruitment portal is a strong fraud signal. Compare the URL against the company's official careers page. For any placement consultancy, verify registration at mca.gov.in - registered less than six months ago is high risk.
What makes a forged offer letter a criminal offence in India?
Creating an offer letter with a copied company logo, a forged signature and a false letterhead constitutes forgery under IPC Section 465, and forgery for the purpose of cheating under Section 468 once it is used to obtain money. It can also support charges under Section 419 (cheating by personation) and Section 420 (fraud). Penalty exposure: up to 2 years under Section 465 and up to 7 years under Section 468. A forged offer letter is physical evidence that strengthens an FIR considerably.
I received a convincing TCS offer letter. How do I verify it is genuine?
Check the sending email address matches @tcs.com exactly. Call TCS's official HR line, found from careers.tcs.com and not from the letter, and quote the reference number. Confirm the onboarding-call invite also comes from an @tcs.com account. Verify the joining location is a real TCS office. Search the named HR manager on LinkedIn for a verifiable TCS employment history. Any failure on any of these checks means the offer is fake.
How do I recover money paid to a fake HR portal for a laptop deposit or security clearance?
Call 1930 within 30 minutes of the transfer for a UPI freeze attempt. File at cybercrime.gov.in under Company Impersonation / Job Fraud. Report the domain to CERT-In at incident@cert-in.org.in. Email the impersonated company's fraud team. File a consumer forum complaint at consumerhelpline.gov.in. Request an RBI chargeback for card payments. File an FIR citing IPC 465/468 forgery in addition to IT Act charges.
How do I report a fake company HR portal to Indian authorities?
Call 1930 for a UPI freeze. File at cybercrime.gov.in under Online Job Fraud / Company Impersonation. Report the domain to CERT-In at incident@cert-in.org.in. Contact the impersonated company's official fraud or security team. Call the National Consumer Helpline on 1915. File an FIR at your cybercrime police station citing IT Act Sections 66C/66D and IPC Sections 465, 468, 419 and 420. Report the portal to RakshaAI to warn other job seekers immediately.
How is a fake HR portal scam different from a generic advance fee job fraud?
A fake company HR portal impersonates a real MNC brand through a dedicated professional website, runs a simulated Google Meet interview with a "panel", and issues a forged offer letter carrying the real company logo before demanding multiple fee types. Generic advance-fee job fraud may use a company name without a dedicated impersonation website, skips the fake interview stage, and asks for simpler, single-type fees. The forgery angle and the email-domain check are the two most important defences against the HR-portal variant specifically.
What laws apply to fake company HR portal scams in India?
IT Act 2000: Section 66D (cheating by impersonation using computer resources) and Section 66C (identity fraud using company credentials). IPC: Section 465 (forgery), Section 468 (forgery for cheating), Section 419 (cheating by personation) and Section 420 (fraud). The Trade Marks Act, 1999 covers unauthorised use of registered company logos. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 makes charging candidates a criminal offence. The combination of forgery, IT Act and trademark provisions makes these cases among the strongest for criminal prosecution.
What is the fastest single check to expose a fake HR portal?
Check the sender's email domain. Every genuine HR communication from a major Indian MNC comes from that company's exact official domain - @tcs.com, @infosys.com, @wipro.com, @amazon.com. A message from any lookalike domain, however professional the branding, is fake. This one check takes about 10 seconds and is effectively conclusive on its own.
Remember
The email domain, not the logo, tells you if an offer is real.
Verify the domain and call the company’s official switchboard before you pay anything.