A post is being widely shared on social media in which a person, claiming to be one Avdesh Kumar from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), is selling his personal belongings on online on account of his transfer.
The viral post reads: “My name Avdhesh kumar CISF my duty transfer urgent sale my WhatsApp number 9692911059 all item 4 month old AC ,,Samsung ,,company ,,1.5 ,,ton ,,price,,12000/-Double,, bed,, price,,8000/-Washing ,,machine,, Samsung,, company price,,6000/-LED,, TV,, Samsung,,company,, 49,,inches,, price,10,000/-Dining ,,table,, price,, 8000/-Fridge,, Samsung,, company ,,280,, litre ,,price 8000/-Sofa ,,set,, 2+2+3,, price,,10,000/-Almirah,, price,, 6000/-,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,Only ,,home ,,delivery,Token ,,money ,,advance ,,20% All ,,item,, price,, 60000 Interested ,,call ,,me,,My ,,contact , ,number 9692911059.”
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did a fact-check and found the claim to be FAKE.
We found multiple posts on Facebook with similar messages carrying different contact numbers. Most of these posts identified seemed to have been posted by one CISF personnel by the name of Avdesh Kumar. Similar posts can be seen here and here.
We called two of the numbers mentioned in the post. While one number was unresponsive, the person who picked up the other number was asking for advance payment.
We found a complaint was filed in the name of Avdesh Kumar on the website of Jago Grahak Jago. As per the site, Avdesh Kumar had complained that a person impersonating him was asking for money from people to be able to pay his rent since he was relocating.
We also found that one of the images of the sofa shared by an account was actually taken from Quickr. The contact number provided on Quickr was different from the contact number provided on Facebook. Similarly, the image of the bed was taken from Zamroo.
A similar report was filed by Aaj Tak where they highlighted how people were being scammed in OLX’s name. We also found a report by The Indian Express where it was mentioned that the cyber crime division receives 25 complaints every month regarding cyber fraud committed by imposters claiming to be from the Indian Army by using OLX India platform.
CISF also took to Twitter to warn against such frauds. They tweeted, “On Olx few fraudulent persons pretending to be force personnel are posting ads with tempting offer to trap people.These fraud persons are cheating/duping others in pretext of selling/buying through OLX. Kindly visit the nearest police Station and lodge an FIR about the fraud.”
On Olx few fraudulent persons pretending to be force personnel are posting ads with tempting offer to trap people.These fraud persons are cheating/duping others in pretext of selling/buying through OLX.
Kindly visit the nearest police Station and lodge an FIR about the fraud.— CISF (@CISFHQrs) January 29, 2020
Thus, based on the above evidence, we can easily conclude that the viral post of CISF and Army personnel selling their products is a cyber scam and fake.
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