Talkcharge mega wallet scam gurugram firm defrauded people by offering cashback more details

If cashback on recharge or purchases from mobile wallet sounds tempting to you, then be careful! It is seen that payment aggregator apps give cashback to the users on recharge etc. But sometimes these tempting offers can become a reason for big fraud with you. Talkcharge, a Gurugram based company, first won the trust of the users by giving similar cashback offers and then defrauded them of thousands of crores. Let us know the whole matter.

Under the guise of cashback, a Gurugram-based company, Talkcharge, defrauded people of Rs 5,000 crore. of CNN-News18 Report According to this, Talkcharge started giving big returns to the users in the name of cashback. Despite the very poor rating of Talkcharge mobile wallet app, more than 20 lakh downloads were found. The company was founded by a man named Ankush Katiyar.

Talkcharge was initially launched as a prepaid payment service provider. The app initially started offering cashback on recharge. After that they started giving cashback offers on the deposited amount. Its users started finding it a profitable deal. According to the report, the company was offering cashback of Rs 1,666 on a deposit of just Rs 4,999.

Gradually users started trusting it. Users started investing huge amounts in the app. The game of deception started in 2023. In July 2023, the company started charging 20% ​​service charge from users. When people started facing problems, the company came up with another fraudulent solution. In August, it launched an offer to get rid of service charges in which the company launched a No Fees promo code with a tag of Rs 1,49,999.

The company started fraudulent transactions in January 2024. In March 2024, many services including withdrawals on the app were stopped. Then it stopped operations in April 2024. The money invested by thousands of people got stuck. According to the report, some users had wallet balance worth crores in the app which is now stuck. Complaints and FIRs have been registered against the promoters of this app across the country. The person named Ankush Katiyar, who started the company, has been arrested. Apart from this, co-founder Shivani Maheshwari and some employees of Talkcharge are also being investigated.