AJIO Scam: The Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Police Cyber Cell to look into a large-scale operation to collect fraudulent payments in the guise of the fashion and lifestyle company AJIO. To deceive people, this operation employs scratch cards and prize money schemes. The court, according to Justice Prathiba M. Singh, is certain that this operation is being carried out by unethical individuals. Intention to collect funds under the names ‘AJIO’ and ‘AJIO Online Shopping Private Limited’. The court determined that fraudulent communications, such as letters and scratch cards, are so convincing that receivers cannot tell the difference.
AJIO Scam
The criminals of the fraud duped the victims into depositing sums ranging from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 10 lakh, saying that they would be eligible to cash in scratch cards if they did so.
To receive these deposits, the scammers used various phone numbers and bank accounts. They were convincing enough that recipients couldn’t tell them apart from genuine AJIO correspondence.
The court has ordered that the accounts, KYC information, and account statements be frozen from the beginning to the end.
What has Reliance done?
Reliance Industries’ complaint seeks to safeguard the “AJIO” mark and logo. It was filed against six persons and businesses accused of sending fraudulent communications from a Kolkata-based address under the name “AJIO Online Shopping Pvt Ltd” and collecting money from naive customers through scams and schemes.
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