passport scam by customs,police etc

biglzz

someone has just pulled my coat to the following corrupt activities ,just another thing to be aware of,

Hi All

i got this message from one of yahoo groups.
i thought to inform this to all of our NRI friends.
this is related to Indian Immigration Conspiracy. So, Be careful.


This is a well organized conspiracy by Indian Immigration, Police,
Customs and Air India staff with networking at all the Indian
International Airports. Be watchful whenever you give your passport
to Immigration/Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can be easily
tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found easy way of
making money from NRIs.
This is the way it works:
At the time of the passenger's departure, if the passenger is not
looking at the officer while he is stamping the exit, the officer
very cleverly tears away one of the page from the passport. When
the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case is reported
on his computer terminal with full details. Now all over India they
have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag flashing on the
Passport number entered by the departure immigration officer. They
have made their money by doing above. On arrival next time, he is
interrogated.
Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and
standing, etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by
the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is
spoiled because there are always some innocent fellows who think the
honesty is the basis of getting justice in India.
Please advise every passenger to be careful at the airport.
Whenever they hand over the passport to the counters of Air India,
or immigration or the customs, they must be vigilant, should not
remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in front tries to
divert their attention. Also, please pass this information to all
friends, media men and important politicians.
Every month 20-30 cases are happening all over India to rob the
NRIs the minute he lands. Similar case has happened with Aramco's
Arifuddin. He was travelling with his family. They had six
passports. They got the visa of America and decided to go via
Hyderabad from Jeddah. They reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month
than left for States. When they reached States, the page of the
American visa on his wife's passport was missing. At the time of
departure from Hyderabad, It was there.
Whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On arrival at
Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2
months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and
the Courts. On going in to details with him, he found out the
following:
One cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian
Immigration dept can play such a nasty game to harass the innocent
passengers.
All the passengers travelling to & fro India via Bombay and
Hyderabad must be aware of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to 20
cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, of holding the
passengers in the crime of tearing away the passport pages. On
interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of what had
happened. They don't know who, when and why these officers tore away
the page from the middle of the passport.
One can imagine the sufferings of such people at the hands of the
immigration, police and the court procedures in India after that.
The number of cases is increasing in the last 2-3 years. People who
are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their
passports are being held and they have to go in interrogations.
Obviously, the conspiracy started about 2 to 3 years ago, now the
results are coming. Some of the Air India counter staff too is
involved in this conspiracy.

mite

thanks so much for the info,

where r u, i want to get u out from the drain

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by the way , wheres india?

-m2-

Yep, that scam has been going on for a while; it was also discussed a while back in this thread:

Passport Scam - Mumbai & Delhi

Digital Drifter

hmmm...it sounded like a chain email then and I still think it is.

Anyone has any story to corroborate that?

goangoangone

Another reason not to fly Air India

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Yetijuice

You do NOT have to watch the immigration officer the entire time he has possession of your passport. Yes, keep an eye on him making sure he does not abscond with your passport. When your passport is returned to you FIRST check that the India entry stamp has been made and note any markings near your India visa. When check that ALL 24, 48, or 72 pages are intact. If they are NOT make a stink and hold your ground. You are holding a winning poker hand! If you are right, you are the boss! Now if you are STONED at the time you are going through immigration all bets are off. ALWAYS have photocopies in triplicate of your passport data page and India visa.

oldhippie

This has been going on for a while. They have even tried ripping out pages out of British passports recently and there are several complaints filed at the consulate.
Indian officials are corrupt lowlife scum so you need to be vigilant.

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shere

I am over 6' 3" and always tower over the immigration counter to see exactly what the immigration officer does. They are usually ok with this. I suppose it would be more difficult for someone who is vertically challenged.