Surat police bust ₹42 lakh e-commerce fraud racket

Surat Cyber Crime Police have uncovered a major e-commerce fraud racket that defrauded a company of approximately ₹42 lakh. The perpetrators utilized a seller ID named ‘Sukhvilas Creation’ to generate 5,121 fake Cash on Delivery (COD) orders within a span of just nine days.

The suspects allegedly exploited the company’s ‘Seller Protection Fund Policy’ by generating a high volume of orders to secure payments. Once the payments were processed, typically by the fourth day, the orders were cancelled. While the orders appeared to be from various customers, digital forensics revealed they were all linked to a single device, a single IP address, one mobile number, and a single customer ID.

Police investigations have identified Ashraf and his partner Rakshit, among others, as being involved in the scheme. Authorities are currently analyzing order data, banking transactions, and digital footprints to further the investigation.