Justice Singh noted that there is a large-scale operation carried out by unscrupulous individuals with the intention of collecting money under the name of ‘AJIO’ and ‘AJIO Online Shopping Private Limited’.
The letters and the scratch cards are so convincing that any customer or recipient would be unable to distinguish between AJIO’s communications and those of the alleged scammers, the Court observed.
“Owing to the familiarity and reputation of the AJIO name and brand, whenever any customer receives such letters accompanied with scratch cards purportedly issued by the Plaintiffs, it is quite natural for such customer to believe the same to be true. Thus, the request for deposit of some initial fees to be eligible to avail of the scratch card offer is quite a deceptive request, which may be acceded to,” the Court noted.
It added that several persons seem to be working in close collaboration with each other to illegally make monetary gains in this manner.
“Owing to the experience in similar cases, it is also possible that bank accounts have been opened without giving the true name of the persons opening the same.”
Source: Barandbench
