[Resolved]  Olx India — fraud on olx and quikr fraud on olx | olx seller & buyer beware such scammers

I have placed an ad on olx for laptop, i got a chat on olx person name "larry" he said, "i am interested in your product please confirm if it is available i shall make the payment via bank transfer and collect the product." please share your whatsapp number to chat and discuss in detail.

I have shared my whatsapp number and i got an instant message on whatsapp
"i am from usa navy wanting this product for my daughter in dubai as a birthday gift, i will make payment by bank to bank transfer into your account then you courier to me through dhl or fedex and. Let me know if you are okay with the terms lakh before proceeding with payment okay my friend."

Please courier your product at this address.
"name: immanual
State:star plus super market sharjah dubai
Reciever agent no:+[protected]

He said - am a military man and busy type and he has asked my name, my account number, ifsc code, email address and bank name.

This is a whatsapp chat:
[11:59 am, 4/26/2017] +[protected]: i will transfer money to your account from my bank
[11:59 am, 4/26/2017] +[protected]: bank of american
[11:59 am, 4/26/2017] +[protected]: from usa to india
[12:00 pm, 4/26/2017] +[protected]: only item is going to nigeria

My lenovo laptop selling price was 51k only but he has offered me 60k + courier charges.
I was thinking from initial stage that they are scammer and we need to catch them.

However, i have given my bank details with email address for payment the payment.

After 5-6 hours they dropped an email from

Suject: *important information on how to complete your recent transaction (Transaction id: 5y758872cs5622307)*

We will like to use this medium to let you know that you still have a payment of ₹60.000.00inr pending from robert wallace. The payment will not be display in your account until you comply with out terms and condition.

1) you have to reply to this message with the shipment tracking number/shipment scanned receipt before we can activate this fund to your account, or

2) pay to the courier agent representative account and forward us the receipt of payment of ₹8.000.00inr including your home address and mobile no so as to visit your residential address for collection, in partner with (International courier service dtdc, dhl, fedex, indian post & ups) immediately the courier agent payment receipt is received we released you fund in less than"one hour".

Note:you are to reply with either of the two procedures so as to place an order to india government banking system for"creditation" of fund into your account.

State bank of india saving account
Kakuli paul
A/c no - [protected]
Branch - sarsuna
Ifsc code - sbin0012347
Pan no - dcnpp7360c

As of now i have not been cheated, but i want to let the people aware about such scammer.
So please be aware from such numbers and don't be greedy. I have attached the photo of the scammer which they have shared for making us trust.

+[protected]
+[protected]
+[protected]
+[protected]
One indian number - [protected]
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Oct 28, 2017
Complaint marked as Resolved 
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Sep 27, 2017
OLX India Customer Care's response
Dear Towseef,

Greetings from team OLX!

Thank you very much for sharing the information with me. We do apologize for the inconvenience.

We completely understand your situation, however, we have blocked this user from our site and also made sure that there are no future postings from their end.

Please be assured we will keep a close watch on this, also forwarded the same to the relevant team as well. They will look further into this issue and monitor the activity as well.

We do recommend that you sell to a local buyer/seller so that you can meet the individual in person. We also recommend choosing a safe place for exchanging your item.

The safety and security of our users are our top priority so please take a look at our Safety Tips.

Having said that, we would like to thank you for writing to us and sharing this concern with us.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter.

If you face any other issues, we request you to write to us anytime at [protected]@olx.in.

Thanks,
Team OLX!
 
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