Ahmedabad: A man Mehsana filed a loan to start a garment business, but the scammers misused his letters – sewing it as a 72 lakh GST RS bill for businesses that had not even started.
The victim was shocked when GST officials from the Visnagar office called him to demand 18% GST for Overbilling RS 4 Crore for the wholesale garment business, PP company.
At that stage, the company is only a dream.
Am Rathwa, Police Inspector Cybercrime Mehsana, said: “The modus operandi scammers is unique.
Patel Patel, who has apply for a loan, realized that he had been cheated when GST officials called.” Rathwa added: “Patel began to feel something was wrong when the loan was not come.” Rathwa said a case had been registered and investigations were underway.
Patel has a Diploma in Civil Engineering and has operated a milk distribution body.
When he saw advertisements on social media for loans to RS 5 Lakh, he saw the opportunity to pursue his business aspirations.
He contacted the number mentioned in the ad.
Patel stated in his complaint submitted with police Mehsana Cybercrime on Thursday that the person who received the phone asked for loan purposes.
When Patel said he wanted to start a new business, the person told Patel to send aadhaar and pan cards, empty checks, and the latest bank reports to process loans.
On August 14, 2021, Patel was asked to provide OTP to continue processing.
He was then told that the loan was processed, and he would get money soon.
After a week, he got another phone and was told that to conclude processing, he had to quote his business name.
Patel gave a name, PP Enterprises, and was told that he would need a GST number and promised aid to get it.
On September 3, 2021, he received a message from the GST department told him to add the details of the bank account within 45 days in.
Patel then learned that he had to name the guarantor and he handed uncle documents Mahesh Patel and.
His aunt Hetal Patel.patel said in his complaint that he continued to follow up on loans by referring to the number he found in the ad.
One day, the number was made of service.
After that, he continued to receive a message from the GST department about his contribution.
On October 1 last year, he got a call from GST officers from Visnagar and was told about his contributions.
After interacting with GST officers, Patel realized that he had been cheated.
Patel finally filed a police complaint.