[Resolved] Olx India — fraud bank and customer | |||||
There was a man who offered me 60000inr for my camera which was listed as 51000 on olx. He claimed to be from the usa and wanted to gift it to his friend in los alamos He told me that his bank will contact me for bank to bank transaction for safety of both o[censored]s. The bank was chase bank. And the email id was [protected]@chasebanktransfers.com It looked very genuine which it was not And it asked me to send the scaned copy of the shipping receipt from the courier partner. I did that, he told me that tell the value of the product as 10000 as it will be easier for them to clear the customs with less duty. I asked for his whats app and id proof which he sent me. The courier said the batteries should be totally discharged to be shipped but they were full so i asked the man if it was okay if i ship it without the batteries I was surprised how easily he agreed over it. So I sent him and the bank everything and the bank replied me thay it will not tranfer the fund until they dont confirm it from dhl's website. I was waiting for it to get active and receive my money So while doing so i just casually googled the email address and i was really shocked to see pages and pages regarding the fraud of that bank on quikr and olx They fool indians with fake bank desguise to which we have no way to contact! I immediately cancelled the shipment and picked back my camera from dhl. He told his name as Bruce martins His email id [protected]@gmail.com His whatsapp number +[protected] Truecaller says its from mtn nigeria Was this information helpful? | |||||
Nov 25, 2017 Complaint marked as Resolved Verified Support Oct 25, 2017 OLX India Customer Care's response Dear Saurabh, Greetings from team OLX! Thank you for sharing your concern with us and we regret the inconvenience caused to you. We understand your concern, however, we would request you to elaborate your concern along with the adequate proofs at [protected]@olx.in. - Transaction receipt if the advance product was sent. - Ad id through which you have contacted the buyer. - Chat/message history with the buyer. This will help us in taking appropriate steps on such users from repeating these activities on our site. Awaiting reply from you! Thanks, Team OLX! | |||||
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Same happened with my case as well... I posted an ad(ad ID: [protected]) in olx to sell my laptop, one of the chats asking to provide WhatsApp number Later in WhatsApp, He asked me to send the package after he sends the money, I got the email from "[protected]@gmail.com Onbehalf of [protected]@usa.com" saying payment of 40, 000 is on hold and requesting me to upload the shipment proof in order to release the hold.
I clearly said him that I would not initiate shipping g the package untill I have the money in my bank account. Later he said "I trusted you and you betrayed my after initiating the transfer, I will see you when I am in bank". This seems to be a total fraud. Please do something to stop these kind of cyber crimes.
Refer attachments for what's app conversation and olx conversation. I have attached the screenshot of the entire conversation with the person. I am sure if he is fake or genuine but later after this chat I see the whatsapp account does not have any display pic and the messages are not getting delivered which lands me into the doubt that this is a fake person. Please look into this and help Indians in terms of the safety in online transactions.
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I clearly said him that I would not initiate shipping g the package untill I have the money in my bank account. Later he said "I trusted you and you betrayed my after initiating the transfer, I will see you when I am in bank". This seems to be a total fraud. Please do something to stop these kind of cyber crimes.
Refer attachments for what's app conversation and olx conversation. I have attached the screenshot of the entire conversation with the person. I am sure if he is fake or genuine but later after this chat I see the whatsapp account does not have any display pic and the messages are not getting delivered which lands me into the doubt that this is a fake person. Please look into this and help Indians in terms of the safety in online transactions.
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He told me his name is Robert Hicks.
Ph. No.: +[protected]
He just sent me an email from
[protected]@gmail.com
And also I've got an email from:
[protected]@usa-bnpparibas.com
So guys don't get involved into transactions which seems fishy.