Online Liquor Sale Cyber Fraud & Scam: Mumbai Police Issued Fraud Mobile Numbers & Advisory
In order to prevent surge of infections due to COVID-19 (Corona Virus) pandemic, Lockdown is currently underway across the country.
The lockdown has helped to enforce physical distancing.
During this period, it has come to notice that gullible citizens are falling prey to new types of cyber frauds.
One such type of fraud is when the citizens look up for online purchases of liquor and then fall prey to so called helpline numbers of fraudsters uploaded intentionally.
It has been noticed that in many instances the citizens do not actually visit the genuine/authentic websites and instead pick up these numbers from a preliminary Google search.
Eventually, many citizens are getting duped in various ways when they call up these numbers to purchase liquor online.
There have been several recent online payment scams in Mumbai and many customers have lost huge sums of money due to these scams.
Cyber Crime Police Station, Mumbai Police in its relentless efforts to safeguard the citizens from becoming victim to any such attempts of cheating by the scamsters, has compiled a list of 73 telephone numbers [given below], which are being currently used by the scamsters for defrauding the customers willing to purchase liquor online in the aforesaid manner, in Mumbai.
Association of Progressive Retail Liquor Vendors (APRLV), Mumbai has also declared that to tackle these frauds the association has decided to accept Cash on Delivery (COD) and not to ask the customers for online payment before stocks are actually distributed to them.
It is advised that the citizens willing to purchase the liquor online in Mumbai should not call up these numbers for [see list below] and look for genuine helpline numbers from the authorised wine shop owners.
| Sr. No. | Mobile Number used for Fraud relating to Home Delivery of Liquor in Mumbai | Location of Mobile Nos |
| 7699765692 | Ahera, West Bengal | |
| 6391190307 | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 7849817633 | Alwar, Rajasthan | |
| 7849817633 | Alwar, Rajasthan | |
| 9009201562 | Ambari, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 9854913947 | Assam | |
| 9864913947 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 9864982847 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 7099465925 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 7099465925 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 6000413644 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 9101999681 | Barpeta, Assam | |
| 9352670631 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 7732817863 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 8875005318 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 9672735186 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 9351144345 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 7378279377 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 9772439913 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 6378679319 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 6377260250 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 8955472718 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 9828774533 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 6377058870 | Bharatpur, Rajasthan | |
| 7240680436 | Bochi Sikar, Rajasthan | |
| 7412902318 | Bochi Sikar, Rajasthan | |
| 7240680436 | Bochi Sikar, Rajasthan | |
| 7412902318 | Bochi Sikar, Rajasthan | |
| 8486708296 | Bongaigaon, Assam | |
| 7576079051 | Bongaigaon, Assam | |
| 7636818317 | Bongaigaon, Assam | |
| 7438049643 | Boudh, Odisha | |
| 8875236538 | Bundi, Rajasthan | |
| 8824489637 | Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan | |
| 7251042074 | Etah, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 7251042074 | Etah, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 9817959484 | Faridabad, Haryana | |
| 9306287564 | Hathin Palwal, Haryana | |
| 7027325838 | Hathin Palwal, Haryana | |
| 83052 59780 | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 7581893782 | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 7375825876 | Jaipur, Rajasthan | |
| 87239 57594 | Kahibari, Assam | |
| 8403077385 | Kalgachia, Assam | |
| 8896884705 | Kaushambi, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 87230 93865 | Kokrajhar, Assam | |
| 8723931986 | Kokrajhar, Assam | |
| 8723877079 | Kokrajhar, Assam | |
| 7662032379 | Kokrajhar, Assam | |
| 9380489978 | Koppal, Karnataka | |
| 7577857158 | Kushbari, Assam | |
| 7896863546 | Lakhipur, Assam | |
| 8753911522 | Lakhipur, Assam | |
| 7896782280 | Lakhipur, Goalpara, Assam | |
| 7817993372 | Mathura, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 8338001163 | Mayurbhanj, Baripada, Odisha | |
| 8260476354 | Mayurbhanj, Odisha | |
| 9350475258 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 9996279697 | Mewat, Hariyana | |
| 9350490537 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 7027109458 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 8295328971 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 9518627852 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 8683881970 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 9588303538 | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 8708380986 – | Mewat, Haryana | |
| 9350573432 | Palwal, Haryana | |
| 9352677008 | Paparda, Rajasthan | |
| 9982434027 | Sikar, Rajasthan | |
| 8509636259 | Simlapal Bankura, West Bengal | |
| 9161210186 | Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh | |
| 8001702308 | South Dinajpur, West Bengal |
