MagicBricks — Fraud verified profile on Magicbricks under the name ANIL KUMAR PG

On 9th June 2022, we saw a partner verified ad on Magicbricks for a coed hostel in Mumbai Central with the owner as Anil Kumar (Contact no.[protected]) . All the photos were verified and so, we requested that the Contact be shared. I received a SMS from Magicbricks mentioning the Contact number of the owner. He demanded to deposit a security amount of Rs.3000 which we did as in Mumbai the properties are sold at the blink of an eye. Later, suspicion grew as he started demanding for more money.He started claiming of knowing our a/c balance and to which we disconnected the call and requested for our funds to be reverted with no effect. This person has several ads posted on Magicbricks site which is still available. I strongly feel it was the inefficiency of Magicbricks and it's failure of verification that caused this tragedy. I write this to bring to everyone notice about such an ongoing scam and notify the concerned authorities to take appropriate action in this regard.