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I ordered from following website which is pretending to be boat company (https://musicboat-in.myshopify.com/).

I soon realised that its fraud website as receipt received in my mail mentions name ‘DARSHANKUMAR BHOGILAL PATEL’ instead of boat company. Its is registered as merchant in PayU.

I paid via PhonePe & it’s showing that paid to PayU Payments Private Limited.

I raised complaint in PhonePe, my bank & PayU portal. 1930 is not working.

Is there any way to block this transaction, withhold money in this merchants account & flag the website as fraudulent asap. This will help many other potential victims too.

I know that chances of refund is very less.. I want to just raise complaint & take down the website & payment system.

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Benevolent Benevolent
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if they dont send u or send u something else then it is fraud.looks like he is some reseller,authorized or not dont know.

payu can only help if u dont receive item or receive something else.but their customer support is bad.

Generous Generous
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To me it clearly seems fraudulent.


1. Official website is different 

2. Too good to be true discounts 

3. Name of Darshan.. in receipt from PayU


I was outside & paid without much enquiry on payment link, sent by cousin. Realised the fraud later.

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Pro Entertainer Pro Entertainer
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Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Its a fake website, can be easily identify by looking product prices along with offer "buy 2 get 1 free." Shown as limited period offer but am sure that even after 2 months you will see same offer or even better offer.

Pro Tech Guru Pro Tech Guru
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Phone And Payu Will not Help as they will say they are only payment aggregator.

Site is Completed Fake So Forget about Refund.

In case of only Chargeback it's possible to ref

Generous Generous
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Yeah.. I know chance of refund is very low. Also.. it was 299 only.
Just wanted to raise complain so that other people don’t fall in trap.
Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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boggles my mind on how dumb people can be, how did you even think thats an official website with that shitty domain, damn.

Generous Generous
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It boggles my mind on how someone can have so limited understanding of people, circumstances & incidents.
The PostMighty The PostMighty
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The website looks clearly fake. Also the price of listed items clearly creates a thought that it's bogus. I wouldn't buy it even if the price was matching. The webpage itself looks so different and unpolished
Generous Generous
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@kukdookoo

Bro.. lets leave technicalities.

We all know that its a fraud website. Better is to raise complaint now, than wait for the inevitable & let others suffer.

Benevolent Benevolent
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you are still not understanding my point, you can escalate to payu and they have the right to refund but for that they need proof(sometimes they dont reply even after giving proofs) the proof in your case will be non delivery of item or the fake/empty box that he will send. hope u get my point now.
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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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There are many such fake sites which advertise regularly on Fb and Insta.

Generous Generous
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Ample of adv on YouTube as well
Benevolent Benevolent
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Looks like you’ll have to take the L here sad

Commentator Commentator
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Try complaining against payu in pgportal website and inform Payu
Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Can you please share the lead source for the website. They used to run AdSense and Facebook/Instagram ads earlier; I just wanted to check their development. 

For your situation:

  1. You'll not make a strong case against them under a fake website. The boat's trademark is nowhere mentioned/altered on the site. They have listed boat products, which any resellers can. Unless you can generate a written note from the boat saying, "site is not affiliated with them," you don't have such a case on your hand.
  2. You'll soon receive a genuine tracking number from meesho. He'll ship a product to your address, and the meesho delivery agent will confirm the delivery if you receive the parcel. 
  3. If you're lucky, they might accept your return request and issue a refund. But that's the most unlikely case.

If you can message them from any mail mentioned or message us with police complaint threats, then you might get your money back as I have seen their dashboard, and it's lacs per month. Even if they issue refunds to 20% of their orders, they still have a big pocket. Unfortunately, this whole hub operates from my city and is somehow related to my community. 

They're primary school or college dropouts who sells imported Chinese items listed on Amazon and Flipkart and run this Shopify as a side. Their most baits are from Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, and Kolkata, and the typical middle class ignores to make a police complaint.

I would highly recommend you to file a police complaint for the sake of other people whose order amount would be a significant part of their earnings, will help you at my best whenever I can.

Generous Generous
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Thanks for the detailed info bro.

I’ll ask my cousin to forward the link from Instagram.. where he got this website.
I’m a bit confused here.. will I get any parcel? I thought they would just vanish with the money n won’t send anything.
And where can I file the police complaint? I don’t want to go offline. 1930 is not working. Cybercrime reporting portal is just returning to home page after I fill out all the details.
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Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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You think a popular brand will sell through Shopify??
Generous Generous
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Didn’t check url at the time of payment 😕
Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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how about informing to real Boat Support and may be they know how to handle these scam artists.

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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Its clearly fake deal.. But is their any method or way to way the money back as  most of the ppl in my office get trap in it and Lost their money.. So let me knw if anyone help

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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It's a fraud website. Saw a tweet today. Even after 8 months people are getting scammed. 

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