Shine.com — Shine.com is fraud (I need my Refund)

I made my profile on job searching site Shine.com on 6-3-2021, after which I started getting multiple calls from number +[protected], +[protected] and many more, I answered 1 of the call and he was the employee of Shine.com (Sahil), He asked me basic questions regarding my job profile and what exactly I was looking for, after talking to him in brief, he told me that many jobs are not disclosed on the website and they are only visible to our registered members and to be our registered member you have to pay one-time registration fee of Rs. 3292, for which I told him I will think about it and hanged up the call. After that from next day I continuously started getting calls from the above-mentioned number, which I did not answer, later on[protected] I got call from number +91 [protected] (Sahil), he was the same person whom I spoke the other day and he convinced me that he is an employee of Shine.com and to gain the customer's trust, he called me from his personal number.

He told me that they have lots of job opportunities and after taking membership they will disclose those vacancies. I agreed and while on phone he sent me a link and I paid Rs. 3292 through that link (Ref No. UPI/ICIC/[protected]/CCAVENUES/collect-pay-reques), after the amount was paid, he told me a senior team member will get in touch with me for further process.

The next day I got a call from Shine.com (Anoop) He introduced himself to me and said, sir after going through your profile, we have many opportunities and within 1 week your process will be completely done and you just have to sit with the employer directly for discussions, as you are applying for a higher position, and to do all the necessary admin work you have to pay for our services which are Rs. 9976 and you will get the best of service. I hesitated but they said that they are part of the Hindustan Times Group.

After paying Rs. 3292, I was not ready to lose that amount, so I agreed and paid Rs 9976, through the link (Ref No. UPI/ICIC/[protected]/CCAVENUES/collect-pay-request) while he was on phone, he took confirmed payment received and said sir your work will be done and he wants to transfer my call to Shine’s relationship manager.

The call was transferred to (Pandey) the relationship manager and he asked me the same question regarding the position and location I was looking for, later he said Sir your is just about to complete, and for final completion I have to pay Rs. 35398, I got very upset and had an argument with him, so he transferred my call to (Anoop) the other shine.com employee and he said sir I am from Uttarakhand also and we are a genuine company and we will never cheat you, he again gave Hindustan Times reference and my mistake I paid that amount (Ref No. UPI/SBIN/[protected]/Razorpay Software Private Li), after that he gave me a questionnaire and I filled it send back to him. Pandey said sir within 1 week your work will be done.

The next day again I got a call from shine.com and he introduced himself as (Abhishek) and he said Sir we went through my profile and everything is good and for any further queries I shall call him and he promised to WhatsApp me to give his personal mobile number, which he never did.

On[protected], as well I received a call from another Shine.com employee named (Mohammad Taiyab) same thing Sir we would like to activate your profile and so on and then he sent a mail highlighting There is no job or interview guarantee and I reverted back to him with mail saying your colleagues told something else and you are contradicting them, after which I never received the reply. And on the same day I got the call from (Pandey) +91 [protected], he said sir your profile is selected by the employer and they just need few things from you, I said alright, what they want? He said sir you need to do a course of Six Sigma and that’s it, I was very upset how can an employer select someone without interviewing and had an argument with him, and again the same thing happened, He told Anoop to call me but this time I was sure they are just playing.

They called multiple times forcing me to take that course for Rs. 36546 and even sent a mail regarding the same.

After talking to them in harsh words and saying I will approach the cyber cell, they never called.

I checked on many websites including consumer complaints.in and found that they have cheated many innocent people and there are many complaints against them.

I request you to help me in getting my money refunded,

Shine.com is a fake site, who just loot money from people.