• Cow selling cheating through Indiamart

For my dairy farm, I was looking for Sahiwal cows and contacted Mr. Mark Ruffus / Ruffuz through INDIAMART { https://my.indiamart.com/ } as a VERIFIED SELLER and settled for Rs 70000 and Rs. 16430 as transportation cost and I deposited the money to the bank accounts mentioned by Mr Mark Ruffus / Ruffuz and was waiting for the deal. But after that showing different reasons, I was requested to deposit refundable amounts of Rs 34000 and after another occasion Rs. 74000 to another bank account mentioned by the seller. But after that, he stopped communicating and was not responding to calls or emails. As I communicated mostly through WHATSAPP I was in a mess and lodged a complaint to INDIAMART but INDIAMRT was also unable to contact him and requested to lodge FIR and take legal action. I am looking for a lawyer who would take total responsibility to fight on my behalf as I do not have enough time to spend.
Asked 6 years ago in Criminal Law
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10 Answers

Hello,

You may get in touch with some local lawyer and then lodge a compliant for fraud and cheating before the police.

This is a genuine case and the police will definelty help you.

Do not delay much in lodging the FIR.

Regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18090 Answers
377 Consultations

Dear Client,

There`s no need of lawyer at this stage, File FIR u/s 420, 406 of IPC.

Or file court complaint, can contact for local in kolkatta.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23005 Answers
31 Consultations

U filed first G.D then go for 156. And give sec. 420,120,406

Payel Ghosh
Advocate, Kolkata
13 Answers

It is an acting of cheating and fraud. A proper FIR needs to lodged by setting up of police and going ahead

Aveek Bose
Advocate, Kolkata
1222 Answers
9 Consultations

File police complaint of cheating and criminal breach of trust under section 406 420 of IPC against vendor

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
97268 Answers
7856 Consultations

Dear Sir,

You may engage any advocate of your choice before that please go through the following for your future guidance.

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Cheated in online shopping? Here is how you can get justice

Not futile to pursue online vendors who fail to deliver promised goods and services. Chitra Vittal from Bangalore wins out-of-court settlement from online vendor of cakes

Far too many of us have felt cheated by online vendors but have let it go because of the apparent futility of fighting for our rights. However, Chitra Vittal’s story tells us that it is indeed possible to win out-of-court settlements with online vendors with the help of consumer rights organizations like the International Consumer Rights Protection Council (ICRPC).

Chitra Vittal from Bangalore ordered a combo package including cake from Flowers n Cakes to India, an online florist and gift store that guarantees same day delivery and the “delivery of fresh products – always.”Flowers n Cakes to India failed to deliver the product on the specified day, and when they finally did deliver it the next day, the cake was “smashed up, made of cheap wine” and of a quality that was entirely unacceptable to the customer.

When Ms Vittal attempted to complain about the non-delivery of the product on the scheduled day, she found that the customer care numbers displayed on the website were not attended. She managed to find contact details of their Hyderabad-based sub-vendor, only to be told that they had only received their orders from Flowers n Cakes to India the morning after the scheduled date.

Five days later, Ms Vittal complained about the delayed delivery of a substandard product over a chat conversation with the company representative, Rahul, who, according to her was rude and paid no heed to her complaints.

Ms Vittal then approached Arun Saxena, President of ICRPC, which runs a consumer helpline. Mr Saxena sent an email to the vendor on behalf of Ms Vittal, informing them that they had conducted Unfair Trade Practices under Section 2 (1) (r) of the Consumer Protection Act. If the vendor did not refund the full amount to Ms Vittal and pay Rs50,000 as compensation for her losses, harassment and inconvenience, Mr Saxena said, severe action would be initiated against them, seeking higher compensation of Rs1 lakh with the legal costs.

What ensued was a series of emails exchanged among Mr Saxena, Ms Vittal and Flowers n Cakes to India, where the vendor attempted to seek refuge in its disclaimer against “unavoidable delays”. Ms Vittal felt that the vendors entirely ignored the accusation of no-response to complaints and were repeatedly rude to her. The emails reveal comments from the vendor to the tune of “If she doesn’t understand simple English language then it’s not our responsibility” and “she is the only one who we can call Fake”.

When Mr Saxena finally said that the matter was headed to consumer court and they would have to appear in person to justify their position, Flowers n Cakes to India beat a hasty retreat. With a sudden and radical change of tone, it sent a politely apologetic email to Ms Vittal, with the promise of a full refund on the same day.

Kishan Dutt Kalaskar
Advocate, Bangalore
6193 Answers
491 Consultations

1. You shall have to lodge a police complaint first to your local police station against the said person and also India Mart for certifying that person as a bonafied seller bringing the charge of cheating you.

2. Fine out the address of Mr Mark Ruffus / Ruffuz in India and mention the same in your police complaint.

3. Mark a copy of the said police complaint to the D.C./S.P. having jurisdiction on the police station of your area.

4. Thereafter if police does not register FIR and take any action within next 10 days based on your said complaint, file a Writ Petition before the High Court against police inaction praying for an order upon the police to register FIR, investigate and act as per law based on your said complaint.

5. Finally you can file a complaint case before the local District Consumer dispute Redressal Forum against Mr. Mark Ruffus / Ruffuz for deficiency in service and unfair business practice claiming refund of the said amount paid by you with interest, damage for the mental agony suffered by you and cost. You should make India Mart as the Proforma Respondent in the said case.

6. In none of the above cases, your presence will be required which can be handled by your Advocate.

Krishna Kishore Ganguly
Advocate, Kolkata
27501 Answers
726 Consultations

1) You can make FIR complaint in the police station and secondly make complaint in consumer forum in your city against that particular dealer and make party Indiamart as well.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
12995 Answers
263 Consultations

You can find a good and experienced lawyer from this forum itself who hail from West Bengal, or else you can look for one in the local bar association.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
87470 Answers
2348 Consultations

Yes consult a local lawyer and file FIR against both India mart and the vendor. If police doesn't investigate file Complaint to Magistrate.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
32698 Answers
208 Consultations

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