Amazon false return scam: The Bengaluru Police, along with Amazon staff, have discovered a large scam involving bogus returns of pricey electronics, such as iPhones, purchased on the Amazon India website. One person has been arrested as part of their inquiry. Officials who detected considerable losses owing to refunds on pricey electronics that looked to have been returned by customers first brought the scam to the attention of Amazon Transportation Services Private Limited.
Amazon investigated and determined that a customer named Chirag Gupta had purchased four Apple iPhones between May 15 and 17 using a credit card and UPI. The investigation discovered that all four gadgets were delivered to Gupta’s address in north Bengaluru, but were later listed as returned and refunded using the online customer application, despite the fact that they were never actually returned to Amazon Transportation Services.
A former Amazon employee masterminded the entire scheme. Law enforcement officials have confiscated devices worth Rs 20.34 lakh, including iPhones and Macbooks, as part of the continuing investigation, and have blocked Rs 30 lakh in multiple bank accounts belonging to the suspect.
The scam was detected after the company noticed a pattern of transactions being made from the same location, but the products were not being returned even after orders were cancelled, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivaprakash Devaraju.
It was established throughout the investigation that Gupta was awarded commissions for purchasing pricey goods on Amazon. The main suspect, who interacted with Gupta over Telegram, sold the illegally seized gadgets for cryptocurrency gains. As a commission, Gupta received a part of the profits.
According to the Bengaluru police, “based on the arrested person’s investigations and data from Amazon, gadgets worth Rs 20.34 lakh, including 16 iPhones, two Macbooks, a pair of AirPods, one Vivo phone, one desktop, one gaming laptop, and Rs 2.5 lakh in cash, have been seized.” Additionally, Rs 30 lakh has been blocked in numerous bank accounts linked to the accused.
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