Nagpur, Nov 6 (PTI) A 27-year-old man has been duped of Rs 3.46 lakh by three people who promised to get him a job in a construction firm in New Zealand, Nagpur police said on Saturday.

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Victim Gautam Roy got a call from a person who introduced himself as Ramsay Ben after he uploaded his resume on a job portal, a Beltarodi police station official said.

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"Ben got Roy to contact two people, identified as Wajiha Janki Bride and Elizabeth Hallam, for visa and other formalities. They got Roy to transfer Rs 3.46 lakh into a bank account as processing fees. Roy approached police on October 28 after he suspected a fraud," he said.

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