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| Date of Complaint | September 24, 2023 |
| Name(s) of companies complained against | Merchant Benefit Sharing |
| Category of complaint | Cyber Crime |
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The fraudsters reached me through what’s app as an HR of a well known market research company and then offered me a job of subscribing to videos on you tube. They then shared an ID with me and asked me to join a Telegram group. For initial 2 days they paid me for my work and then they asked me to invest to continue with further subscription. Once I invested they were not allowing me to move out of that chain and said that if I quit I will lose all the money I have invested so far. I invested a huge amount post which they asked me pay taxes for it. On paying the taxes they further said that now I would have to open a separate account with then to get all the money transferred in that account post which it will be transferred to my account. I realized at that stage that it’s a trap and these people are not going to pay me anything. They had added me in a group of 4 people who were also doing investments along with me. They too were the fraudsters since I tried to reach them but they refused to provide me with any details. I have identified one of this fraudster and his name is Prashant Kohli since I had taken his profile pic when he was a part of group. And when I left the group he shared me with an invite to connect on Linked In. I am attaching all the screenshots which I had taken from the group and chats I was going through with them.
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