| Name of Complainant | |
| Date of Complaint | September 25, 2023 |
| Name(s) of companies complained against | UPSTOX |
| Category of complaint | Cyber Crime |
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It started on whatsapp. The lady messaged me with offer of Part Time Job where I’ll get 50rs per like on instagram. And for that I don’t have to pay single rupee. She gave me first task by sharing link of some Instagram page which I liked and completed my task. Then she shared another link for second task which also I completed. Similarly I did third and fourth Task and then she said that I need to chat with their Auditor named Sanjana(telegram channel @Sanjanasss). Then she asked for my bank details and I received 200 rupees . Then she invited me to a group where they will give 20 tasks per day of liking someone insta reels or pages. For the next few days, I did 2-3 tasks and then they asked me to participate in some advanced tasks where I need to select a plan and prepay some amount so as of new commer I chose the lowest plan of 1000 rupeees. She asked me to contact the receptionist named Ansuya( Telegram Id:@ceptionist0058 ) for the payment. I paid 2000rs with the help of receptionist and then she allocated one teacher named Dharmendra (telegram channel id : @MyDharmendra) who will be guiding me for the trading. Then shared some steps to create an account
in a link that they provided me and it was of Upstox. Then I registered there and I followed his steps to do some trading of btc/usdt. I followed the steps and completed that prepaid task and then he asked me to connect with the withdrawal customer service (@quchu8 telegram channel Id) and I got paid 2800rs. Then I kept completing other tasks which got posted in the group in which I got another prepaid task. Second time I again tried to opt for 1000rs plan for which they denied and informed that I can opt it for once as fresher only. Then they asked me to choose task of 5000rs or above. I chose for 5000rs and paid the amount to merchant through receptionist. This time the task need to be completed in group where 2-3 people were required. This time teacher made 1 group and asked us to agree some terms and condition and then shared the same steps to complete the trading task. Which everyone did and then teacher asked us to wait for another group task and shared some tasks in which we have to choose one amount and need to pay to merchant via receptionist by sharing the code given by teacher. Then I opt for the lowest amount which was 30000 due insufficient money where other members wanted to opt for the highest amount. As everyone has to select the same option others selected the same which I did. Then we paid the amount and then completed the task by repeating the trading task by following the steps given by teacher. Then after completing the two task teacher asked us to wait he is checking whether there is another task. And after few moments teacher said there is one more task and need to select a plan of 60000 and above so We all agreed and selected
the lowest that is 60000 rupees and paid via the receptionist then we completed the task and the teacher said that me and another girl was there we put some wrong order and we actually mistakenly put btc order instead of ltc order and so he said weneed to repair the data and will have to choose one new plan and after prepayment we can complete the task and repair the data and then we can withdraw the money. The other two person who did the correct order they withdrew their money. After that the teacher asked to do a payment of 100000 so i reached out to my friends and somehow arranged the money. I paid and completed the task then the teacher said one last order is there and then after that we can withdraw our money. I thought after this i can get my money back and i didn’t wanted to lose my money so I paid via receptionist and then I completed the last task. After sometime, the teacher declared that todays task is over and we should speak with withdraw customer service to settle our commission. Then we spoke with withdraw customer service to settle the commission by sharing the code given by the teacher. Till that time all 25 tasks for the day got over and they said that they will settle all the commission next morning starting at 9:00 am. The next day the withdrawal customer service told me that it is a very huge amount so they need to open a large account channel for the transfer of money but for opening that account i need to pay half of the amount i need to withdraw that is almost 240000 which will be added with my amount and is refunded all money together. I told him to use the money that I have settled in my account but they said it’s a management Rules if you paid you will get all rewards otherwise all my money will be freezed and I won’t get my money back. I got scarred but I couldn’t arrange the money and then I asked him to find some alternative and then he is like ok You can pay 120000 but you will get part of the money and the other will be transferred once I pay the entire amount. But I didn’t have a single money left and so I didn’t pay then they said if I didn’t pay within 2 days they will freeze my account and all my money will be lost . Now I understood that I am trapped in a scam and I already lost 2 lakh rupees what if I pay again and something else happens and they ask me for more money so I stopped there. I have kept off the telegram application since morning and waiting for some solution which I still not got. I don’t know what to do now? How can I recover my money back? I request you stop such scams to happen. Such scams are happening mostly on telegram channel and those needs to be stopped. As these people are doing fraud with lots of people and everyday so many people are losing their money in such scams.
