Olx — Fake car seller as Indian Army in olx

Thongam Champion

Jun 4, 2021

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Sir,
I have fallen into trap of people who pretend to be Indian Army and showing themselves to Indian army posted in Imphal Airport and showing fake employees id and pan card and adhaar card and they are selling a car ( Swift MNO6LB0979) at price tag of 1.6 lakh rupees in OLX. After contacting them, they insisted us to pay 7150 rupees as an advanced for Indian Army Parcel car and bike transport for delivery from Imphal Airport to my place, Porompat, Imphal- East which is like 20 kms away from my home . This happened on 9 th of March'21 and having convinced us to pay another 21999 rupees as it was showned in the reciept which was to sent to us ( in the receipt the deal show of 1.4 lakh), for activation of GSP of the truck for the driver to start following the navigation to our home. After the money is paid for 1.4 lakh rupees and extra transportation charges ( 7150 + 21999 rupees) which they said to refund once the car is delivered and another charges of 15, 000 rupees for clearing the document becoz they said their Major Sir in Airport block it for delivery and they said that they refunded the once the car delivered to our home in cash.
After all theses money paid, they said it is late now becoz it is almost 7:00pm we have duty and they said to send the car on the next day.
The next day, they started again started asking for money fot the activation of GPS of the truck and now we are very lately realised that we scammed and we went to the Imphal Airport to verify their id and no body is available by such name in the Imphal Airport said by the Imphal Airport Security personal on that day.
So we call the scammers and let them talked with the Imphal Airport Security personal and they got angry and they said you will not get your car or money.
The scammers said if you want to get your money after 6 months and come to Punjab high court.
After all theses conversation, they called me and said we will help you to get your money if you can post this car alto K10 (AS25BC8745) at 1.4 lakh rupees online in OLX via whatsapp and put the location in Mizoram as soon as possible. I asked them why are you asking me to do this then they replied i don't have internet connection here and then I asked which phone you are using and the scammer said OPPO F7 and then hung up.
Please help me and if you need more proofs I have call recordings.

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Jun 05, 2021

OLX India Customer Care's response Dear OLX User,

We're sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

We wish to look into your concern on priority. However, we would require more information to assist you appropriately

Please find below the list of required information -

1) Kindly share the pertinent Ad Id / phone number or email Id/ that you are referring to.

2) You may also share the suspect's contact details used on OLX with us.

3) If you have made any payment, kindly share some supporting proof that you have made the money transfer such as bank transaction(s)/online transaction(s).

4) Please email us all possible details at [protected]@olx.in, as it will help us resolve the issue appropriately.

As you would be aware, OLX only provides a platform to seller and buyer and we do not participate or interfere in negotiations during transactions.

We would also suggest you contact the legal authorities and file an FIR with them regarding this matter. For any clarification, the police can reach out to us at [protected]@olx.in.

In the event it is required by the police or other legal authorities, OLX will provide the access records (IP, email, and date and time of posting) of the user who posted the ad to the appropriate legal agent. We look forward to your response.

Hope the provided information helps.

For further query or clarification, please call us on our customer care helpline from your registered mobile number or write to us.

Thank you for your patience and support.

Jun 05, 2021

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