Man dupes Amazon of approx Rs. 30 L by using fake credentials

Nowadays fake products and merchant account breaches aren't the only problems Amazon has to deal with on its e-commerce platform. Many of Amazon's third-party sellers assert that most of the “just launched" merchants on Amazon Marketplace are peddling products that simply don't exist, offering a low price to allure innocent buyers.

Here is a socking story!

The 27 year old man, named as Mohammed Mahuwal duped the ecommerce Giant Amazon of an amount approximately Rs. 30 L by using fake mail ID and Mobile number, Police said. The man was arrested on a complaint filed by Amazon on state’s cyber cell, superintendent of police (SP) Jitendra Singh reported. The role of some suspected employees working in Amazon’s local warehouse was also being investigated.

Mahuwala was a member of a gang, who has made several accounts on Amazon using fake e Mail IDs and mobile numbers. With these fake accounts, the fraud group used to order branded mobile phones and other gadgets of big companies. 

The gang used to get refund of the amount paid in exchange for these gadgets by saying that they had recieved an empty parcel and filed their complaint to Amazon. But, in reality, they used to take out the product and sell them to a local shopkeeper at lower price," Singh said. The SP said that the investigation so far has revealed that the gang has ordered 50 gadgets including costly mobile phones costing around Rs 30-lakh and fraudulently got the refund of the same amount.

He said that two expensive branded mobile phones, a wireless router, a headphone, two smart watches and a credit card were also recovered from the accused. The detailed investigation and search for the other gang members is underway.

Amazon however denies that "just launched" scammers have any impact on their platform. "Amazon has zero tolerance for fraud," said a spokesperson. "We withhold payment to sellers until we are confident that our customers have received the products and services they ordered. In the event that sellers do not comply with the terms and conditions they've agreed to, we work quickly to take action on behalf of customers."

Amazon also noted it works with law enforcement agencies to combat fraud.