A job search on Instagram took a horrific turn for a 28-year-old woman from Nagpur, who was allegedly defrauded of Rs 11 lakh and trafficked to Portugal. The victim was sold to a beer shop owner after a Pune-based firm lured her with the promise of a high-paying overseas job.
Nagpur Woman Lured By Online Overseas Job Scam
According to reports, the victim fell prey to a consultancy operating under the name 'We Migrate,' which lured her with the promise of a lucrative cashier job offering a monthly salary of Rs 1.5 lakh and an easy eight-hour workday. However, she was extorted in the name of visa and other paperwork, stripped of her freedom, and trapped in an international trafficking racket.
The Pune Police have registered a case against seven people based on her complaint. This includes four suspects operating in Pune and three based in Portugal. They have launched a comprehensive investigation into the alleged overseas job fraud and human trafficking racket. According to the complaint, the woman discovered the Instagram page of a migration consultancy named "We Migrate" in December 2025.
As she showed interest, the accused demanded Rs 11 lakh for visa and job processing. She paid the amount in installments. The woman was called to the office for job confirmation in March this year and was asked to sign documents. However, she was not given copies of the same. The woman left India on 21 May, flying from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi and then to Madrid. When she arrived, a man took her to Portugal.
Alleges Torture
Another man named Chaitanya then took her to a house owned by Himmat Singh. As soon as she reached, the accused took away her passport and locked her in a room for two days. They only returned her passport after forcing her to pay Rs 40,000. Later, she was taken to a place called Odemira in Portugal. The suspects told her she would stay there until her residence paperwork was ready for the promised supermarket job. However, she was forced to work at a beer shop owned by the man she was staying with.
After suffering nearly a month of torture, the woman managed to escape and flew back to India. As the fraudsters continued to threaten her, demanding money, she went to the police and filed a complaint.