NEW DELHI: A man who ordered a phone from an online shopping website was shocked to receive a soap and a biscuit packet instead. The incident occurred in south Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai on Feb 13.
The man, who works at a college in Sheikh Sarai, told police that on Feb 11, he ordered a phone through an online shopping website using the cash-on-delivery option. The next day, he received a call from a person who claimed to be the delivery boy. “I told him to deliver the product the next day, as I was going to be at home. The next day, he called me thrice around 11 am and handed over a mobile phone box in the shopping website’s packaging with the same product details as I ordered,” the complainant said.
The man then made a payment of Rs 16,680 through a UPI transaction. After going to his office, he opened the box to find a soap bar and a biscuit packet inside. He made calls to the delivery boy, who assured him of a replacement through a complaint on the online shopping website.
“After that, his phone was switched off. I have not received any response to my email from the company. I request that strict action be taken against the delivery person,” he stated in his complaint.
Later, another delivery boy arrived with the mobile phone the complainant ordered, asking for an additional payment of Rs 16,680. “I was very surprised by this type of fraud. I wondered how anyone knew that I ordered a phone, and how the fraudulent delivery boy obtained all my details, including my phone number,’ he said.
A case under section 318 (cheating) and 319 (cheating by personation) of BNS has been registered and further probe is on.
