The Commissionerate police on Tuesday cautioned residents of the twin city of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar to be vigilant while placing orders online for essential items.
Notably, due to the lockdown the residents’ of the twin city are placing online orders from grocery, daily use items and food. Taking advantage of it some fraudsters are placing fake advertisements on social media to deliver essentials and cheating customers. Keeping this on view, the police advised people to order delivery from only trusted and reputed e-commerce platforms. The contact numbers which are advertised on social media promising delivery of goods may be fraud. As a result, the customer may not get the ordered items delivered even after paying money.
Police also advised people to beware of the fake advertisements. They suggested to ‘search safely’ the customer care service numbers from the internet as there have been instances in the past where people have been duped by online fraudsters. “Customer care numbers, helpline numbers may be taken from the official website of the e-commerce companies,”police said.