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| Date of Complaint | August 28, 2023 |
| Name(s) of companies complained against | Groupon |
| Category of complaint | E-Com & Retail |
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One person contacted through WhatsApp for part time jobs in online they said that no needed of investment so I tried for first time they asked me to deposit of 100 Rupees for security purposes and end of the task I get around 240. After deducting 5% tax they paid back the rest. Next day they asked me deposit amount of 500 & i would get around 1000 – 10000 rupees. I deposited 500 and end of the task I withdraw around 2000 rupees. Next day same process but they said that I can’t go with smaller amounts & i can only go with 1000 rupees for which i would get 2000-30000 rupees in return. With deposit of 1000 and they asked me to complete 9 missions (each with 1-6 orders in random). I deposited around 50K and still it kept on asking for deposit in lakhs. The deposit used to go to random accounts of different businesses.
First what they said about getting 2000-30000 in return was wrong. When i asked them about it they threatened saying legal actions will be taken when the orders are not completed & that i have commited to complete the task. SO somehow i tried to complete the orders & it went upto 1 million at the end of the 9th mission. After completing that thay said because of background issue some orders are stuck so i have to complete another order but shockingly the order price was 13 lakhs. By facing so many financial difficulties afraid of Legal actions i completed the order & submitted the withdrawal which was around 1.6 million (1 million from my pocket & 0.6 million mall commisiion). After about a day when i haven’t received the amount i asked them: Then they said i was suspected by IRS for money laundering of 500 million & gave contact of another person.
The Second person who introduced him as IRS employee asked me to prove the source of my fundings if not he’ll launch a arrest warrent against me for money laundering case of 500 million. I have shared him all my statements but he also mentioned that mall
has accounted only for 0.3 million & rest are my amount. When i shared him the screenshot from the mall website that 0.6 was entitled to mall thn he again came back & said that mall accounted for 0.6 million but i’m still missing some transactions from my end. WHen i haven’t done any illegal transaction i stood firm on my claim that everything should have been accounted in my bank statement.
As an alternative he asked me to pay 2.5 lakhs to some bank account to verify my source of funding. After doing that he said my money laundering cases are dropped as my funding is valid.
Next when i asked if i can withdraw the money, he again said mall isn’t paying any tax so i have to pay the tax in order to withdraw the money. Mall initially commited that taxes will be paid from them but when i reached out after hearing this they said over 1.3 million they won’t pay tax which was not at all communicated.
They even said thay can’t deduct the tax & pay the rest. But i have to pay the tax from my own pocket to get the full money which was around 4 lakhs.
After paying the tax they again said i have to come to Mumbai State bank office branch to sign some papers before getting the money but they only gave me 2 hrs to do that without any intimation. when i said i’m not from Mumbai so couldn’t make it in tym to sign the papers,
they again gave an ultimatum that money has been held for too long in the account & i have to pay 6 lakhs to unfreeze the account & come to sign the papers again if not the money laundering case will be re-opened.
Now i’m not able to pay the money because of funding issues. Afraid of facing legal issues launching this formal complaint
