[Resolved] Airtel — Fraud call possibly forging Airtel and Airtel is not bothered | |
I had enquired for the conversion of an Airtel prepaid number to postpaid over email, to which I had got a reply. Sometime later I received a call from a person (a mobile number) claiming to be an Airtel executive and telling me about a plan especially for me (which was not mentioned in the mail I received in reply to my query). It was a 399 plan which included 600 local+std minutes, 200 local+national SMS and 1 GB 3g/4g data after consumption of which I will have unlimited 2g. I found the plan to be a good option and said yes. He asked me my address and told that an executive will visit me to collect my documents and Rs 250 activation fee, to which I agreed. He informed that this 250 will be refunded in the 3rd bill that will be generated. That was the conversation I had with him. It occurred to me after sometime that he has not asked for the number I want to convert from prepaid to postpaid, and I had not specified the number even in the mail I wrote to Airtel. That made me doubt on the authenticity of the call. So, I wrote a mail to Airtel providing all details and asked if this was a genuine call from one of their representatives. I also called the customer care because that person had scheduled a visit in the evening and I wanted to be sure before I handed over the documents and money to him. And to my surprise, I got the most non chalant replies on all my attempts - no reply to email, one of the executives on call was clueless, another said that this is not their department. I am shocked to know that there is probably a person forging to be from Airtel and collecting money and documents fraudently and Airtel is least concerned about these activities. I am not saying it was definitely a fraud call because I don't have proper grounds to claim that. But isn't it the responsibility of Airtel to investigate and clarify if a customer is vigilant enough to notice it? Another pointer is - I received a call from another mobile number today morning for the same reason. I postponed the visit because of my doubts and told this guy that I will inform when I will be available by contacting customer care. He said I don't need to call customer care, I can call him directly and inform. I have not seen such visits being scheduled directly by Airtel executives on mobile numbers in the past. The least I expect from Airtel is to atleast confirm the authenticity of these calls. But there has been no action/reply at all. Was this information helpful? | |
Jan 10, 2017 Complaint marked as Resolved Airtel customer support has been notified about the posted complaint. Verified Support Dec 06, 2016 Airtel Customer Care's response Dear Customer, This is with reference to your post, dated 3 December 2016. We are keen to resolve your concern; however, we will require your alternate contact number to resolve it effectively. We look forward to receive the required details. Regards, Akanksha Singh airtel presence (airtel Customer, service team) bharti airtel ltd [protected]@in.airtel.com Connect with us 24X7. We will be happy to assist you with a swift resolution to your queries on all our products and services Twitter - www.twitter.com/airtel_presence Facebook - www.facebook.com/bhartiairtelltd | |
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