I was interested in renting a 2bhk property near Koramangala, Bengaluru. Rent details : 15500 INR per month, 40000 INR as deposit. Owner name as showcased in ad is Shivanshu Reddy. Link to the ad was: https://housing.com/rent/[protected]sqft-2-bhk-independent-house-on-rent-in-kora...⇄
Apartment name: Sraddha Sunshine, New Friends Colony, S T Bed Layout, Ejipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095.
I contacted the owner through WhatsApp on Aug 10 and after getting the details as in photo and location, we had a conversation over phone and the owner asked me to send a token amount for booking and we agreed for 14500 INR rent a month and 40000 INR as deposit. He mentioned he's presently in Mysore and be able to visit on Saturday with papers after some payment only. He asked me for a advance of Rs.5000. After receiving it, he called me and asked me to send more money as other interested tenants are ready to pay him 50% of the total amount, else he will not consider me. In a hurry and out of fear of losing the deal I paid the rest amount in two transactions with 16000 and 6250 as the amounts.
The money has been transferred through GPay UPI to a person named Dipankar Sarkar and the owner claimed Dipankar as his caretaker and told me that after payment Dipankar will clean the flat and show it. The UPI address of the recipient is the following:
depankar.[protected]@okicici
Last 4 digits of contact number as shown in GPay: 5641
After the payments, he blocked me and I am unable to get my refund back. Later on I visited the location in person and the guard there mentioned no flats are available in the apartment. A similar issue happened last week where a person paid 20000 INR to the scammer.
Contact number of Shivanshu Reddy(owner) : +[protected]
It's my humble request to take necessary actions to stop these scams and help me get my refund as soon as possible.
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