Vikas Patel — fraud

Address:	Jalandhar, Punjab
Website:	OLX

I posted an OLX add to sell a fridge and I got a call from a person named Vikas Patel claiming he’s from Indian army and he wants to buy the fridge for his family. I called him the next day to confirm that if he still wants to buy it and he was still offering me ₹25, 000 and asked me to download BHIM app to transfer the money as he said he can only transfer money via whats app. While he was on call I had sent a request for ₹20, 000 which he declined after a minute or two I got a request for ₹20, 000 and he told me to accept it and enter the 6 digit UPI pin which I got. I trusted that guy and didn’t read that he asked me to pay instead and the money was gone I asked him to pay my money back and he said it will come back within 15-20 min and I waited but not a single rupee came back. I called him again and asked again he said it’s connection issue and asked again for more money but till that time I got to know that he’s a fraud and I declined the request. After that he asked me to give him my Paytm password but I didn’t. I was fooled by this person. I raised a complaint in the bank. Please be aware and never trust anyone easily it is dangerous. He even sent me his ID on whatsapp. Maybe the ID was also fake. Stay aware from such crimes and fraud l.