Name of Complainant	Vimala J
Date of Complaint	August 4, 2023
Name(s) of companies complained against	In the name of Flipkart (fake)
Category of complaint	Cyber Crime
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Respected Sir,

I am residing in Ayanavaram (Chennai) and I saw a post in Instagram on 7.07.2023 named as Flipkart work from home job. On that I clicked and got a link to Whatsup number (8853732260) and they introduced them as Flipkart store and with a name of “Ravish Ranian”. They asked about my details like Name, Age, Gender. They briefed about their job profile as the Flipkart to increase their sales rank and they need product exposure and sales to increase brand awareness. For that we need to grab orders on the shopping platform (to help online stores increase sales), and pay by task. Every time we complete a task, we will receive a corresponding commission income.

After that they said to sign up with Flipkart Marketplace account with a link using https://agpay888.com/register?InviterCode=a112076 and I registered using that link. On that login only the Account Balance, Credit score details were given. They asked me for my bank account details to credit cash in that. They provided me Certificate of Partnership with Flipkart and certificate of Authorization included with the proof of other members completed their tasks and the money deposited to their accounts. They said that we could rest assured that our funds will be safe and profitable and also said that Flipkart platform is strong in India and will not damage the group’s reputation for a little profit. They started the task with 300 rupees and the payments (said as recharge) could be done in different pay channels in that login page they provided.

After the payment, they asked me to add the Telegram account named as the task assignment teacher: @FlipkartAisha with the help of the link https://t.me/FlipkartAisha. This Telegram figure plays the main role in attending all the members like me and he himself described as “The Supreme Leader” of Flipkart store. He brainwashed me to continue the tasks so that only I could withdraw my original payment. For the sake of preventing my original payments I kept on completing the tasks. But in starting itself I asked for the money to refund. But they said without completing the tasks we could not withdraw the money. In that way, in some point while submitting our orders, it said insufficient balance to be paid by me to complete the task. So I lost all my money in my account. On a situation, I had no balance in my account and borrowed the money of my relations. I had a very tough time and very much stressed to face them. I scared of getting lost of all the money. With so much suffering I completed the task. But again, they continue creating problem of less credit score. For that too I spent more money to recharge to get my credit score to reach 100%. They shared me several bank account details for transactions from my bank account and I noted them all.

Finally, Yesterday (14.07.2023) they said I could withdraw money. I felt happy to reach the cash in my account and thanked. But when I tried to withdraw money in their login, it said transaction settlement system required me to verify the deposit before withdrawing, because the system detects that my recharge order is abnormal. After the verification is successful, the settlement system will automatically refund the full amount to my bank account. So I could not withdraw the money in this stage too. After that they said I have completed 50% of my activation progress and yet another verification step is required and the verification amount that I need to be recharged for 30,000/- rupees and it should be completed within 24 hrs. So I stopped here because I could not risk my life further and I said that I could not recharge. They convinced me that it was normal. The Merchant Settlement System provides provisions to prevent money laundering. That situation is also very common. As long as the verification is successful, I could receive all the funds immediately.

I could not believe them and asked them to refund my money aLoan. They didn’t hear me at all. So I warned them that I will inform to Cyber Crime cell. But they didn’t scare at all. They said “You go right away” and said “No verification, no way to pay” and removed themself from Telegram and WhatsApp.

There seems to be a larger network of scammers working in a group and targeting people like us. Please do the needful to track them and to help us in receiving my money of Rs.2,06,185/- as soon as possible. Let nobody like me be the victim of them again.

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