Bengaluru, City crime branch
busted a fake shopping portal here by raiding its office and arresting six
partners for allegedly duping gullible customers with false advertisements,
police said late Saturday.
“The
accused created a smart website BIGSOP.com, used an ICICI Bank payment gateway
and lured gullible customers by advertising on its pop-ups ‘You are the lucky
internet winner of iPhones for Rs.599′,” a senior police official told here.
Unwittingly,
hundreds of gullible customers registered with the portal and paid the full
amount only to find out later that they have been deceived by the suspects.
“As the
address given on the portal was also fake, one of the victims of the fraud
tweeted to city police about the scam, as he did not get the much promised
iPhone,” the crime branch sleuth pointed out.
“We
have registered a case against the accused by taking the tweet as a complaint
to nab them and investigate the case,” the police official added. (Source- www.newsroompost.com)
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