E-commerce / delivery fraud

I think I may have fallen victim to a fake e-commerce / romance scam involving a platform called “THE OUTNET CN”. I met someone online who introduced me to this platform and encouraged me to open a store. At first everything looked legitimate, and I was able to see profits and balances inside the account. But when I tried to withdraw my funds, the platform demanded a $5000 “security deposit” because I requested emergency store closure before 90 days. The platform claims: the deposit is refundable after 14 days I cannot withdraw anything until it’s paid if I don’t pay, my account balance may be frozen or donated They also use TRC20 wallet addresses for deposits and communicate mostly through chat. Some red flags: constant pressure and urgency refusal to provide proper company registration threats about freezing funds no successful withdrawals suspicious domains connected to “THE OUTNET CN” One wallet they provided: TQNXxjveegfsw5ReftA4tzCtdJDsCkwFju

On 14th July, I agreed to buy a gaming PC from a seller named Kinjal Chowdhary after speaking to him on WhatsApp. He shared his Aadhaar card, PAN card, address and other personal details, which made him appear genuine. Our agreement was simple: I would pay ₹40,000 upfront. The remaining ₹10,000 would be paid only on delivery. After receiving ₹40,000, he told me he had dispatched the PC. On 15th July, he sent me what he claimed was a photo of the parcel being handed over to the courier. Believing him, I transferred the remaining ₹10,000. The PC was supposed to be delivered on 17th July. It never arrived. Since then: No PC has been delivered. No refund has been made. He keeps giving excuses or avoiding the issue altogether. When I confronted him, he literally told me to “go legal” and said “Will answer in court.” At one point, he also said he would refund my money only if I deleted my Reddit post, which I refused to do. I have now filed an FIR and am also pursuing other legal remedies. While looking into this further, I discovered that other people have also alleged that they were scammed by the same person, and he still appears to be trying to sell PCs online. Seller Details Name: Kinjal Chowdhary Address: 181/1, R. N. Guha Road Dum Dum (M) North 24 Parganas, West Bengal – 700028 Phone Numbers: +91 6392396033 +91 7607666219 Evidence I Have WhatsApp chats UPI payment receipts The alleged courier photo he sent me Screenshots of our conversations after payment His identity details (already provided to the police) Besides filing an FIR and a cybercrime complaint, what else should I do? If you’ve also been scammed by this person, please DM me. If there are multiple victims, I’ll provide that information to the investigating authorities, as it may help establish a pattern of conduct. Please don’t send this person any money if you come across his listings. If you’ve interacted with him before, or know someone who has, please let me know. My Reddit: u/KinjalC-is-a-Scammer

Got scammed for 2000/- by this guy Selling a broken PSP Go for 2400/- All was seemingly good, was on video call with him when he was at India Post and he said he was just about to hand it over to the person there, and asked to pay. I was foolish and desperate enough to fall for it. He then disconnects and disappears with my money. Atleast it isn’t a huge sum of money, nonetheless, this isn’t a good feeling. Gotta learn from this and be smarter next time.

Scammer Reddit id: DTBxoxo We were doing a f2f deal, everything seemed fine. My friend was supposed to get the pc and i would’ve paid online. He sent location, adhaar card, pancard and even 10th marksheet. Due to some reason friend wasn’t able to pick up pc. So we agreed upon me giving him an advance payment and him sending pc through courier. Things happened, he made a fake parcel picture and took money from me. Ik very stupid decision :/ I have filed an FIR. I don’t think I’ll get the money back but any help is appreciated. His phone number is: ‪+91 6392 396 033‬ Other number : 76076 66219 price: 50000 INR

I'm a college student , and I want to share the biggest mistake I've ever made. I feel embarrassed writing this, but if this prevents even one person from getting scammed, it'll be worth it. I was looking for a used Ryzen 5 3600 + B450 motherboard + RAM. I found a seller through an online marketplace (OLX). I first came across an advertisement for an XPG RAM module on OLX. I contacted the seller through the OLX chat, and he shared his WhatsApp number with me. He pretended to be the seller and offered me a deal where I had to pay ₹3,600 in advance for the CPU and motherboard, and the remaining ₹6,550 would be Cash on Delivery (COD). The RAM was a separate ₹3,000 deal. He said he can arrange the full bundle. What I later discovered was that he had never owned the CPU or motherboard. Instead, he placed a COD order to my address through the real seller after paying only ₹200 to him. Until the parcel arrived, he stayed in contact with me through WhatsApp calls, making everything seem genuine. When the parcel was delivered, I saw that the COD amount was ₹10,150 instead of the ₹6,550 he had promised. I immediately messaged him, but he never replied and blocked me. I cancelled the parcel. The only reason I was able to uncover the scam was because the screenshot he had sent contained the original seller's phone number. In which Real seller saying him "payment done pickup done by Monday." I saved the number and contacted him directly. That's when I learned the truth. The scammer had never owned the CPU or motherboard. He had simply placed a COD order from the original seller to my address after paying him only ₹200. The original seller even showed me their chat confirming that he had received only ₹200, and he told me that the scammer had blocked him as well. In total, I lost ₹7,344 through multiple UPI payments. 3k for RAM, 3600 for advance for md and cpu and than he said can you send me 200 extra for my commission for deal done. First 200 for olx ad remove token than 350 for COD charges and payment done in 999/- 6 times and one 800/- because him UPI not receiving the 1K, he asked me to send in parts. I have already filed a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. I'm sharing this because I never imagined someone could run a scam like this. If a seller keeps asking for advance payments, even while claiming the rest is COD, please verify everything independently before sending any money. I hope this prevents someone else from making the same mistake I did. His Whatsapp Number :- 8858531047 For the first time when I normal called him the number is on call forwarding. I don't know how he called me back with his second number :- 8873896123. He said he did not recognize me and than cut the call and blocked me. UPI IDs of scammer: parveen88@yesfam 8873896123@yesfam

got scammed while purchasing a handbag through instagram so on 19 july 2026, i placed an order for a handbag from an instagram page called @thecarreclub. the total price was ₹1100. i told the seller that i could only pay ₹800 initially & they agreed that i could pay the remaining ₹300 after dispatch. one thing i noticed was that when i first asked to pay, they took about 2–3 minutes before sending me a qr code for ₹1100. when i requested to split the payment, they again took 2–3 minutes & sent a different qr code for ₹800. both qr codes had the amount already pre filled. after i paid ₹800, they confirmed my order & said the remaining ₹300 could be paid after dispatch. shortly after i placed the order, i noticed that the page had disabled comments on its posts. by the following day the instagram account had become inaccessible (deactivated/disabled/deleted) altogether. i never received any dispatch confirmation or tracking details & they stopped responding. i contacted the person whose upi account received my payment. he initially denied receiving it. after i sent him the transaction proof, he claimed that he was using an "AR wallet" commission platform & that he wasnt the actual seller. he then offered to refund ₹400 the next morning but the refund never came & further communication was blocked. One thing that may be relevant is that i later contacted the person who received the payment. He initially denied receiving it but after i shared the transaction proof he claimed he was using an “AR wallet” commission platform where payments are allegedly routed through different people’s upi accounts. He said he wasn't the actual seller, offered to refund 400 the next day, but the refund never came and communication was later blocked. Im not sure whether that explanation was genuine or not but i thought i’d mention it in case its relevant.