The Incident that happened with me was regarding the business, that a guy named Sum... Mu... residing in Delhi (who was my college senior and kind of friend) was doing. Suddenly almost after 5 years of leaving college he contacted me on facebook and started talking of old times to regain the trust and friendship and then he told me that, he is doing an E Commerce business in travel industry which is very profitable. Since I am interested in travelling I asked him what is he doing. He asked me that if i am interested I can join him. I asked for more of details from him repeatedly but he refused to divulge any and just kept on saying that its a multi billionaire business and there are many top shots in this business (Ex- Airtel chief). He told me that he will fix an appointment with his senior partner who would tell me all the details. And so one day he fixed a skype meeting with his senior (residing in Delhi, a former IT professional) named V... M... He asked me about what I do and all very politely and then asked me what are my dreams in life etc. and slowly dragged me to a point where the answer to the question would be money (they are masters with words). So he told me that there is a position vacant in their business and he (the senior partner) finds me suitable for it so he would like to offer me the same, but i have to submit a token amount which they don't refer as investment because you get a product against that money (whether you like it or not you have to take any of the product) And I learnt that the token amount was 1.86 lakhs which had to be paid at the earliest else the position would go to someone else.When i asked about the business, they mentioned that “it is an e commerce business. Hence by paying money, i will be buying 3 shares of the company named Q.Net and i will be a partner. When I said I don't have that much money, my senior suggested me (rather brainwashed me and pressurised me) to apply for a loan the next day and till i get the loan amount he would pay the money on my behalf to hold my position. And so I applied for a loan and paid him the money and I received a mail confirming my membership to Qnet. Let me tell you till now I still didn't know what exactly I am supposed to do. I was only being told to trust my senior my upper line as he is a friend and wont cheat me rather guide me and make me successful. Their mantra is think not speak not just follow your upline (right or wrong). The product that I got was a QVI Bronze Holiday Package (had to take it because there wasn't any other useful product)
So my senior now showed me the financial’s on skype and while seeing financials i came to know that it is basically a “Network Marketing” business, and I have to make atleast 2 partners to start making money. than i realised that something wrong has happened with me. After Financials he asked me to come down to Kolkata(when he was visiting) to have my Welcome session and also attend a group meeting called "System" (where uplines talk about their experience and the money that they have earned and in short motivating you to catch hold of more victims like yourself). In the welcome he told me to write down minimum 20 Dreams that i would like to fulfill, than he told to make a name list of people whom i know. minimum 150 names. He explained that our name list should exceed by 10% every month, means we have to make new friend to make business partners. etc etc.
He told me about Hot, Warm & Cold Zones.
Hot Zones – Means the people who are very close to you and trust you a lot like your parents, best friends and relatives.
Warm Zones – Means your normal friends
Cold means – the people whom you dont know at all.
These zones were the target for them. Sum... Mu... told me to make name list of all contacts that I have. After few days I was given a set of books and DVDs to study which all were about Network marketing. I had already started to understand that I m into a trap and I cannot do it. Then I was even more surprised when I received a so called calling script from the senior partner which was a word document giving a word by word script of how and what to say when you call up one of your friends or family ( I realized these were the exact lines followed by my senior to trap me). And he instructed us to follow exactly the same script which was clear cheating as I am not supposed to say a word extra, not even the name of the company. According to me, this is unethical and cheating. If there is nothing wrong in the business then what is there to hide? why cant i tell a friend clearly what is it all about. ( Let me tell you I was trapped in the same fashion) Whatever they were teaching me, was not at all convincing for me. My ethics doesn’t allow me to do anything wrong and lie anyone for money.I don't want to earn money like that. Relationships are more important to me than money. Hence after seeing all this, I started asking more questions to Sum... Mu... and he started getting more & more rude with me claiming that I m getting influenced and brain washed and that I shouldn't talk about it with anyone. He wanted me to even come down to Delhi and stay at that Senior Partner's place to learn the business for a week as Delhi has a bigger market (This was SCARY!!!). I decided to quit, and as many number of times I tried to talk to Sum... MU... he argued and convinced me to listen to him and slowly as I lost patience I started accusing him of cheating me and from then on he stopped taking my calls or replying to my messages. Seeing no other way finally after around 8 -9 months I called up the Senior Partner ( V... M...) and he said that there is nothing that can be done as the membership could have been cancelled only within 7 days of purchase for refund (which was never ever mentioned while enrolling me and snatching away my money) and that now the only way was either to sit quiet and enjoy the vacation package or find another victim to transfer the membership and take the money from him/her (in short trap someone to free yourself)
And now in August I receive a mail from Qnet saying that I have to pay an annual maintenance fee by Sept to save my membership from expiring. What kind of is that I don't know. I have no words to explain my anger and disgust towards this company and the people running it.
Even now my senior disagrees to the fact that he had assured me of returning the money if I didn't feel its a worthy business and If I am not gaining out of it. So basically my hard earned money is all wasted and I am still paying EMI of that loan that I had taken . On sheer trust i gave money and now i am paying EMI’s because i cant lie or break anyone’s trust. Hence i didnt even made a single partner in this business.
I would like to get my money back, so that i can pay my loan back and can live my life peacefully.
Regards,
S. K...
Aug 14, 2020
Complaint marked as Resolved
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