Staff Reporter :
Using various online platforms, a gang was swindling crores of taka by deceiving people of different professions including unemployed and students through glamorous advertisements.
The gang targets students and low-paid employees, said Special Superintendent of Police for Criminal Investigation (CID) Financial Crime Humayun Kabir.
He was speaking in a press conference at the CID headquarters on Monday.
Earlier, a vigilante team of LIC under the overall direction of Additional Special Superintendent of Police Khairul Amin arrested two members of the ring.
Managing Director and CEO of SPC World Express Al Amin and his wife Sharmin Akhtar were arrested from Bailey Road of Ramna Police Station in the capital on Sunday night.
A white exit filter private car was also seized from them at the time.
At the press conference, Humayun Kabir said that consumers, traders and those involved in those sectors are worried about the recent scams of several e-commerce companies.
E-commerce sites attract general customers through various glamorous advertisements including Eid Dhamaka, Cyclone Offer, and Double Offer. In this case, through the celebrities of the sports and showbiz, advertisements in various media attract their fans and youth.
By promoting advertisements in various media through celebrities and promising to deliver mobile phones, computers, laptops, refrigerators, ovens and
other electronics products in a short period of time and even to give cashback of 80 percent to 150 percent conditionally. It was said in the press conference that SPC World was also built in the style of Destiny and Jobak. Citing the CEO of SPC World, Humayun Kabir said that this company has one crore customers. Within a month they get orders worth five to six crore taka. Most of their customers are students and low paid employees.
Initially SPC World delivers some products and builds trust among the general customers by posting positive reviews on their Facebook page with those customers. Later, after receiving more orders and advance money, they started cheating the customers by not delivering the goods, CID officials added.
