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| Date of Complaint | April 12, 2023 |
| Name(s) of companies complained against | FM mart (Amazon) and Snapdeal |
| Category of complaint | Internet Services |
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I am a college student, I wanted to earn money for paying college fees through part time job, so I searched for the jobs in Google, In Google there were ads on the top of search and information regarding the part-time was at below the ads, I clicked on ads and from there it took me to my WhatsApp so that I can text the person regarding this part time job. He introduced himself as a sales executive manager from Amazon and asked about my name,age and profession, and said I was eligible to do this work. They didn’t give me so much information about the work, they just sent a link and said click on the link to reach out your alloted mentor, that mentor will explain the task. The information that they gave me was that they want to increase the sales of Amazon by making people virtually buy the orders. Then I was asked to register. After that I was asked to login. It took me to a website called FM malls. The mentor asked me to recharge by using Paytm or phone pe or Google pay. Then I recharged it for 200, the amount was small in the beginning so I recharged it. Then he asked me to click on “grab an order” in that account and I clicked on it. I got an order of 1000 rs. So he said “I cannot decide what will be the order as it is system generated so again recharge for the remaining 800”. I didn’t wanted to recharge because I felt it’s risky,but he said once the task is done the money will be surely refunded. So I recharged it again. Then he said you should complete 3 tasks compulsorily and then you will get the money back. I wanted my money back so I had to do that task. Later I completed 1 order, then I got second order which was of 5000. I said it was too much but he said he would return my money once I complete the task and would surely send the money back. So I recharged for 5000 again. Later I had to do the last task to get my money. When I clicked on “grab an order” button, it showed 30,000₹ product. It was impossible for me to get so much money so I decided to quit. Then I said “I don’t have so much money so I want to quit the job, just refund my money which you took from me” and also I said him not to pay any extra money, I just asked him to return my money, But instead of returning my money he asked me to “borrow it from my family, friends and relatives”. I said “I cannot be doing that”, then he started forcing me and blackmailing me to get the money from someone so that I can complete the task and after completing only he would be able to return my money. And he also he gave an rescue that he will be fired from the company if he returns the money when the task is incomplete so that I can pay more money. He said he will give me time to complete the task. Later I pleaded him and begged him to return my money but he just kept forwarding the message of borrowing the money from others. Later I collected information and then I asked him some questions, infact I said all the information which I collected so he blocked me as he got alerted that I knew it was fraud and He cannot expect any money from me. I have lost 6000 because of this fraud. If I would have continued recharging then I would have lost more. And he kept showing me some screenshots of amount credited to bank accounts. It was like 7 lakh, 3 lakh etc and said that another person like me earned so much money so I should trust him and the company. They seemed very experienced in convincing the people to do this job,so the chances are more that they will cheat many people.
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