[Resolved] Airtel Lottery — Fraudsters calling on behalf of Airtel | |||
I would like to caution & get help from consumer forum on a call I received from [protected] on my airtel mobile number saying that I have won a lottery of 15.25 lakhs on my airtel sim number. The person calling mentioned that he was calling from Mumbai on behalf of Airtel & he could have the cheques delivered at home at 1800hrs today or I could have it collected from my nearest branch of SBI. The person calling also said that your voice is being recorded & I would need to disclose my pehchanpatr number. Also that the recording would be played in Sahara One channel at 2100hrs tonight. The pre-condition before which cheque details would be disclosed was to remit a sum of Rs.5,500/- to their account. Suspicious of this, I immediately checked the area code +9230 on the web & found out that this call was originating from Pakistan whereas the person calling mentioned that he was calling from Mumbai. I feel this a new method devised for money laundering by anti social elements & request that a thorough investigation be carried out on the above mentioned number & if possible nab such fraudsters at the earliest. I mean how could they get hold of my sim number which was exactly the same number he had quoted! Now, I am even more of the opinion that somebody from Airtel is hand in glove & compromising their customer numbers/details... Waiting for a response... Was this information helpful? | |||
Aug 13, 2020 Complaint marked as Resolved | |||
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hi i am kunal goswami i have also received such a call and immediately i check on my balance almost 200 rs were deducted the person on the call says he is from Delhi actually of some other country just once i get my hands on this frauds my brother have also received such a call from RBI bank fake lottery and same happened with him he lost 10000 plus he submitted his bank account password for it sorry guys be sure dont trust this kind of calls
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This is Asif from New Delhi and i received a similar call from a person posing as Vineet Srivastava from Airtel Noida Sector-15 office. He called at exactly 3:59pm on 19th July, 2011 to my number:[protected]
His number was [protected].
He asked me to rush to a nearest recharge shop and when i started enquiring more, he started abusing.
Please take necessary steps as he is spoiling Airtel's brandname.
His number was [protected].
He asked me to rush to a nearest recharge shop and when i started enquiring more, he started abusing.
Please take necessary steps as he is spoiling Airtel's brandname.
same fraudster called again
Dear friends,
I rcvd a call today i.e. 22nd july at 11.17 a.m. from[protected], the person identified himself as vinod sharma from delhi. He repeated the same story of my no. getting selected and winning Rs. 25 lakhs.I was asked to contact a person at another no. which he said belonged to the chief customer care officer at Airtel Mr. Rawat from mumbai. The no. was [protected] and all the time This man kept repeating the same thing. He asked for my ration card no. and account no. I told him that I would report it to media since I am the winner of such a big amount .Also he mentioned that the name of the draw is KBC.He was all the time addressing me as mohtarma, which is an urdu word. I informed him that I would involve media and police into this. Inspite of this he kept on and on. I disconnected and found my balance was Rs. 150 less as compared to my available balance before the call.People at airtel, we request you to follow the case. It could be something big.
Dear friends,
I rcvd a call today i.e. 22nd july at 11.17 a.m. from[protected], the person identified himself as vinod sharma from delhi. He repeated the same story of my no. getting selected and winning Rs. 25 lakhs.I was asked to contact a person at another no. which he said belonged to the chief customer care officer at Airtel Mr. Rawat from mumbai. The no. was [protected] and all the time This man kept repeating the same thing. He asked for my ration card no. and account no. I told him that I would report it to media since I am the winner of such a big amount .Also he mentioned that the name of the draw is KBC.He was all the time addressing me as mohtarma, which is an urdu word. I informed him that I would involve media and police into this. Inspite of this he kept on and on. I disconnected and found my balance was Rs. 150 less as compared to my available balance before the call.People at airtel, we request you to follow the case. It could be something big.
I also received a call from a similar number [protected] . I received numerous missed calls and finally when I called back I was told a similar tale of winning the airtel lottery. I was told to contact a computer generated number [protected] (MD Akash Verma) for further details. I suspected that this was a fraud and asked him what his mobile number was. Realising that his fraud has been caught he started using abusive language on which I disconnected the phone.
I just hope some disgruntled airtel employee is not involved in this. Concerned authorities please look into this
I just hope some disgruntled airtel employee is not involved in this. Concerned authorities please look into this
same fraudster called again
Dear friends,
I rcvd a call today i.e. 10th May, 2012 at 09.46 a.m. from [protected], the person identified himself as Rajiv Patel from delhi. He repeated the same story of my no. getting selected and winning Rs. 25 lakhs. which he said belonged to the chief customer care officer at Airtel. And all the time This man kept repeating the same thing. He asked for my ration card no. and account no. I told him that I would report it to media since I am the winner of such a big amount. Also he mentioned that the name of the draw is KBC.He was all the time addressing me as mohtarma, which is an urdu word. I informed him that I would involve media and police into this. Inspite of this he kept on and on. I disconnected and found my balance was Rs. 150 less as compared to my available balance before the call.People at airtel, we request you to follow the case. It could be something big.
Dear friends,
I rcvd a call today i.e. 10th May, 2012 at 09.46 a.m. from [protected], the person identified himself as Rajiv Patel from delhi. He repeated the same story of my no. getting selected and winning Rs. 25 lakhs. which he said belonged to the chief customer care officer at Airtel. And all the time This man kept repeating the same thing. He asked for my ration card no. and account no. I told him that I would report it to media since I am the winner of such a big amount. Also he mentioned that the name of the draw is KBC.He was all the time addressing me as mohtarma, which is an urdu word. I informed him that I would involve media and police into this. Inspite of this he kept on and on. I disconnected and found my balance was Rs. 150 less as compared to my available balance before the call.People at airtel, we request you to follow the case. It could be something big.
I receved a call today i.e. 16th May, 2012 at 21.46 from [protected] & [protected] the person identified himself as Akesh Verma from delhi. He repeated the same story of my no. getting selected and winning Rs. 25 lakhs. which he said belonged to the chief customer care officer at Airtel. And all the time This man kept repeating the same thing and speaks only in hindi.
When I was asked abt making this public he told it will be done by company after crediting this amount in my account, He told me to credit 15k in his company ac as registration fees, I told him to deduct 15k from my 24Lc and he immediately disconnected the call
When I was asked abt making this public he told it will be done by company after crediting this amount in my account, He told me to credit 15k in his company ac as registration fees, I told him to deduct 15k from my 24Lc and he immediately disconnected the call
i have received a miscall from the number [protected] on 26/6/2012... i am afraid, please help me if any one do.[protected]@yahoo.co.in
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