[Resolved]  Olx India — penfed fraud buyer from usa

My name is nancy and i live in delhi
1 week back i posted an ad on olx about my dslr camera i got a message from an olx user that please share you contact details for further discussions then i shared my contact details
He said he lives in syria and he want to buy this dslr for his friend
He said you can courier me your dslr and i will pay the courier charges as well i agreed upon that he said once i will send him the shipment receipts he will transfer the payment and he ask me to send the shipment receipts on this bank official mail id that is [protected]@mail.com and i did it i send the shipment receipts on his bank official mail id after that i got a mail from his bank that our transfer machine is not working it can only transfer the amount above 60000 so in order to complete 60000rs you have to deposit 12000rs in canara bank account on this this name we did it then he said you have to deposit 15000rs because of international charges and they said after that we will transfer you immediately 60000+15000=75000 then again we deposited it now they want me to release the parcel then only he will transfer the payment because i asked the shipment company to keep the parcel on hold
Then i said i dnt want to sell anything please give my payment they are doing nothing they are not replying to my mails not answering my calls they are doing nothing..when i went to canara bank they said they will only help me if the cyber crime/ police/consumercourt will get involved in this

Name -benjamin james
Mobile num -+[protected]
Their fake bank mail - penfedtransfercredit [protected]@gmail.com

Please please help me to get my 27000 back
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Nov 23, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018
OLX India Customer Care's response
Dear Nancy,

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 on our email address i.e. [protected]@olx.in.

- Your registered phone number on OLX.
- Transaction receipt if any, in context to advance payment.
- Ad id through which the buyer contacted you.

This will help us not only take appropriate action on such accounts but also control any further suspicious activity on the site.

Awaiting reply from you!

Thanks,
Team OLX
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I faced the same thing.
Please help
I just received email from USA, and he was buying for his cousin in Mumbai, i suspected fraud and searched "penfed scams india" in Google . Find your complaint and definitely i'm saved. Thank you
I just received email from USA, and he was buying for his cousin in Mumbai, i suspected fraud and searched "penfed scams india" in Google . Find your complaint and definitely i'm saved. Thank you

Vignesh Vignesh v's reply, Dec 12, 2021
Sir please help me, I also face this kind of problem
Took dslr and also 10000rs in hdfc bank, Please help. He said he is working in US military.

Olx fraud buyer

Sir please help me

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