Firoz.T.Totanawala The Bangalore Metro Reporter CYBER FRAUD

FIROZ.T.TOTANAWALA 

 THE BANGALORE METRO REPORTER 

 CYBER FRAUD 

 Huzaifa a business man from city Market area decided to go for Airtel Dish Antenna DTH. He searched the internet and came across a website of Airtel. He then registered his address and contact numbers as requested by the website and later received a call from a person named Amit Sagar who gave his number as +911204087604 and discussed the plan details and packages with him. He offered him plans of Rs. 1690/ 2590/ 1590/ 3999 etc. and finally Huzaifa accepted the plan of 1690/- in which he was given 3 months subscription free and would be charged at 275/- per month. 

 Huzaifa after acceptance agreed to make the payment through cheque or credit card but Amit at the other end advised him to make the payment in cash since it is a very small amount and assured him that he will arrange for the delivery and installation at his Gottigere address within 48 hours. Huzaifa then agreed to pay the amount in cash and within moments, though it was raining heavily, a representative met him for collection. He issued him a receipt of M/s Vriti Infocom P Ltd, collected the cash and disappeared. But, then, nobody came up for installation. 

 Huzaifa, then once again checked the website and called up a Mobile number 9845903388, as given on the website. At first, the person who responded merely said that he will check the status and call him back, but he did not. 

Later, Huzaifa continuously called up the same number and also the one provided by Amit Sagar, but no one picked up the call. He then called up Airtel office and was told that there have been many such complaints and that he has been cheated. He then personally visited Airtel office on Bannerghatta Road to submit a written complaint for installation of DTH but was refused by Airtel representatives. He was told that Airtel does not accept any written complaints but only through e-mail. He returned helplessly and sent a complaint to Airtel through an e-mail requesting for the DTH installation. But till now, Airtel has neither installed a DTH at his address nor replied to him on his complaint.