Fraudulent activities by RAPIPAP

by Special Correspondent
June 1, 2011

http://www.weeklyblitz.net/1478/fraudulent-activities-by-rapipap

On May 21, 2011, Weekly Blitz received an email from Professor Dr. Mohammad Ziaul Haqq, who claims to be the editor of 'Who's Who in Bangladesh'. The email was sent from info@rapipap.com, where the sender wrote: "You were recently chosen as a potential candidate for 2011 Edition of "Who's Who in Bangladesh". We are pleased to inform you that your candidacy was formally approved by our Selection Committee."

In the same email, Professor Dr. Mohammad Ziaul Haqq suggested Weekly Blitz editor to pay an amount of TK. 9,000 [US$ 125] by October, 30, 2011 for becoming eligible to be amongst the 'Who's Who in Bangladesh'.

This was the beginning of investigating the back ground of Professor Dr. Mohammad Ziaul Haqq and his so-called organization. On investigation, it was found that, Mohammad Ziaul Haqq owns a website in the name of Research & Publication International Ltd. In addition, there in no mailing address of this so-called organization. All the links in the website, such as CONFERENCE, RESEARCH PAPER, BOOKS etc are fake. It is even unclear to which college or university, this Mohammad Ziaul Haqq is teaching or wherefrom he got his doctorate degree. None of the leading educational institutions in Bangladesh could confirm the existence of this person in their institution. There is no reference available in the websites or anywhere else about the very existence of Research & Publication International Ltd in Bangladesh.

Crime experts believe that, Mohammad Ziaul Haqq must have opened the mentioned website with the ulterior motive of cheating people in Bangladesh by alluring them to be in his so-called publication named 'Who's Who in Bangladesh'.

Commenting on Mohammed Ziaul Haqq, an officer with Detective Brach in Dhaka told Weekly Blitz that, in today's world, many of such fake individuals or institutions are continuing to deceive and cheat people with various tricks. The officer said, details of Research & Publication International as well as Mohammed Ziaul Haqq shall be traced based on the IP address, wherefrom this fraudulent company has registered the domain name.

The Detective Branch official suggested people in Bangladesh to remain alert about any of such fraudulent or dubious companies and individuals and to bring the information on such activities by these groups to the attention of law enforcing agencies in the country.

Cyber Crime Cell in Bangladesh Police as well as Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission should look into this case forthwith to save people from falling into the trap of this criminal racket.

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