[Resolved]  Olx India — Fraud in the name of iphone seller

Address: Mumbai City, Maharashtra, 400084

Hi,

With reference to the ad on OLX, I contacted the person for the iphone 7 buying.
The persone name is BALAJI RAVI, TAMILNADU.
Contact number : [protected] (tamilnadu)
altername mobile phone: [protected]/[protected]
Home address (1) : No. 6 sri sai pooja avenue, thiruvengadam, nagar kaandhanchawadi, chennai, tamilnadu, india - 600096
Home address (2) : No 150, srinivasa kumaran street golden, george nagar, nerkundaram, chennai, tamilnadu, india, 600107

After taking the voter card softcopy by mail "[protected]@yahoo.com", after verifiying the bank details, I transferred the intial amount of 15000 INR to the bank account.
BALAJI told us that after receiving amount he will start the shipment of the mobile and will provide us the IMEI number and tracking ID.
ONCE phone will be received, You can check in nearest apple store that the mobile is genuine or not.
post verification remaining amount can be sent.

The reason given for the lesser amount of phone that "reliance warehouse giving the cell phones in half price to the employees, so he was selling these and getting some profit"
We had contacted to the nearest reliance store to get it verified.

once the amount was transferred, he started giving reasons fornear about two weeks. My husband was taking follow up with him and he was lying.
The moment i said that my husband will not be handlling the issue and i will be taken care of this deal, he switched off the cell.
And its been a week he is not picking up his call.

Bank account details of BALAJI:
bank name : ICICI bank
Bank account open date : 29/12/2012
bank branch : chennai TCS branch, Kumaren nagar, sholinganallur
Account name : Balaji.r
Account number :[protected]
IFSC code : ICIC0000580
VOTER ID :XCX1404003
PAN CARD: BMHPB5610B

Address given from where the shipment was planned to start:
plot no 56, amman kovil street near temple lake ocheri vellore district tamil nadu, pin code : 632531

If anyone knows this person can contact me, need help to sorting it out.
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Aug 7, 2017
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Jul 07, 2017
OLX India Customer Care's response
Dear Aparna,

We're sorry to learn you have encountered possible fraud by a seller and understand your monetary loss.

We assure you that our top priority is to maintain a safe and secure OLX community and remove users who do not comply with our Terms o[censored]se.

Therefore, we have immediately blocked the users account.

Please note that OLX only provides a platform to seller and buyer. OLX does not participate or interfere in negotiations during transactions.

For any further details, you may reach out to us at [protected]@olx.in!

Regards,
Team OLX
 
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Please let me know what should be done from my side now?
Hello Team,

As you said in the response "Therefore, we have immediately blocked the users account. "

Could you please share the account details of the Balaji Ravi, which was given at the time of registration and the posted ad details in your database server.

This will be helpful for us to share these details with the investigation authority.

Please assist.
Hi Aparna,

The same guy is given add in OLX Again with below details provided bank details as below. I am also providing his latest contact number.

Mobile: [protected]
Name: Aravind Balaji ( As introduced him self).

His latest add in OLX : https://www.olx.in/item/apple-iphone-7-with-full-kit-and-all-accessories-ID1dlzY...

His address provided as: plot#261, 7th cross street, near amman temple.
His new bank details provided.

Name: Aravind.s
Acc Number:[protected].
Bank Name: Indian Bank.
Branch name: mth road (exactly he provided).
IFSC Code: IDIB000P001.

If you require your amount, directly go to his below address and with the help of police you can catch him.,

Hello Team,

Thank you for your valuable inputs.

The information given by you was correct and we raised police complaint too with your provided information.

The guy was same but soon given number too switched off.

We request you please update if any new ad is posted so we can help police with latest information.
the same guy has palced an ad on olx.in location hyderabad same as before he posted his new number and [protected].
and he is naming himself as aravind..

his given details as follows..
Account number[protected] name aravind.s bank name indian bank. Branch name mth road ifsc code IDIB000P001

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