| Name of Complainant | |
| Date of Complaint | September 5, 2023 |
| Name(s) of companies complained against | UPSTOX |
| Category of complaint | Internet Services |
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Recently someone messaged me on WhatsApp telling about a part time job in which anyone can earn around 1000-4000
Just by giving reviews to Cafes on Google Maps. At first he gave me two task, I did that and then he gave me a telegram ID – @Ananya058 then she asked my name and UPI-ID also a selfie if I want to work here, I did that and got 200 in my account after that I got into a group- Coinswitch Task-01 where they give tasks to review cafes and some prepaid tasks which I didn’t know of at first I skipped them but later she told me it is a must to do one IP merchant task daily, So I started off with the 1000 task she then gave me a second telegram ID – @Upstoxl8281 telling she’s the receptionist and she’ll give me a link where I’ll have to pay the amount and so I did then she gave me another telegram account saying he’s the teacher and he’ll say it what to do next – @upstoxDataTutor66 He then told me the details about what to do in the website they provided – https://www.ea2022.cc/h5/#/
Also after doing whatever he said he gave me another telegram account – @Upstox9410625 saying it’s the withdrawal service of the company and to provide the UPI to process transaction after a few minutes I got my money back 1250, then got back to giving reviews later she again said that I have skipped IP merchant task again so I have to do it, and so I chose the 1000 again but this time they said it’s for new comers so I’ll have to select more amount. I chose 3000 and paid it to the merchant then later the Data Tutor 66 person said me it’s a huge task so it’ll require more people and put me in a group of 3 members the teacher shared some conditions to which we agreed and proceeded with the task but after the first task was completed he came up with a second task to give 10k amount to the merchant first then proceed with the withdrawal. I don’t have that amount so I backed off but he kept persisting me if I don’t complete the task I won’t get back my money, I said I don’t have the amount and cannot give anything at this moment, I lost around 1.4k from the 3k cuz i earned about 1.6k from them but I tried to convince him to give my money back but he kept persisting that I won’t get it so I lost all my hope
Later yesterday he texted me for another job the Data Tutor 66 @upstoxDataTutor66 saying he’ll provide me a certain amount and I’ll have to pay the members of the group who completed the task amounts like 200-300 per person who did the task he gave me 5000 out of which he said me to keep a 1000, and also another telegram account -@SharmaSurbhii I could’ve run away with the money but I stayed cuz I don’t want anything to happen later, I kept paying the members of the group around 16 members until I reached my UPI limit then the person said I’ll have to continue tomorrow till then I was left with 1.6k from the money he gave me so I simply said that I’m not interested in this job cuz it’s fishy and I don’t want to continue so I’ll keep the 1.6k which was originally the money I lost from your company and go. But instead he got angry and started giving slangs and some bad words saying that he’ll file a police complaint… They are the ones doing scam and if they lost some money they get so angry. I said I’ll do the same cuz I have all the chat screen shots as soon as I said that everyone i mentioned above deleted the chat history but I still have some ss although he kept saying I have your bank account and ur name I’ll complaint the police and etc. But I have never shared my bank account to anyone, only my UPI ID. I checked in YouTube and cyber security crime websites and found many similar scams happening all around. So I’d say never get into some free part time job scheme I lost my money here too…
