Rafta of Lebhagu e-commerce website that lures customers through enticing offers

- E-commerce business flourishes in India, along with the corruption of online websites and counterfeit products

- One such bogus e-commerce website exploded recently

Indians too are now addicted to e-shopping but need to be cautious instead of being tempted by low prices and lucrative discount offers. After the Koro epidemic, a large number of people are ordering many items from e-commerce platforms, including garments, groceries and home appliances. The contamination of counterfeit products is also slowly increasing amid easy shopping, more than one option and offering attractive discounts and taking advantage of low awareness among the beneficiaries.

Amidst the growing craze of online shopping, many e-commerce platforms have sprung up in India and the e-commerce business has flourished, along with the contamination of unfortunately counterfeit products.

Cyber ​​authorities have failed to protect innocent customers - users who are using social media page ad networks to lure Indians into online fraud.

Recently, a similar scam was reported by a company that deceived millions of people in the name of online shopping and disappeared with order money. Winnie Aschann.bus is a portal that has deceived thousands of Indian users. The portal, which no longer exists, was deceived into buying technology products, the company disappeared just a few days ago after people ordered and paid for it. This bogus e-commerce website claims to sell smartphone accessories, expensive watches and products. An e-commerce website was allegedly bogus and bogus when a deceived consumer posted the matter on social media.

The URL of the webmaster takes users to a message in Chinese, which reads 'Site not found' (site not found), 'The relevant site was not found on the web server at your request'.

It has become easy to deceive people in the name of online shopping. Create a profile page on social media and start online sales through it. Upload a photo-detail post of the items you sell, it will draw interested people to the profile page.

According to cyber experts, it takes about a month for a social media company to gather user feedback and decide on the credibility of an advertiser's page, a loophole to deceive and evade users against cybercriminals.

Winnipeg is just one example, there are many cases where online shoppers have been found to be victims of online fraud.

Many such bogus e-commerce platforms have sprung up like a cat's hat, as the festive season is in full swing in India and every e-commerce company is trying to make a fortune. According to a preliminary estimate, e-commerce companies are expected to generate 4.5 billion in business this festive season, an increase of 3% in online sales this year compared to the ત 4.5 billion sold during the festive month of 2020.

The first week of the festival season (October 9-10) is estimated to have sold ૪ 4.5 billion online. It may be mentioned that e-commerce companies earn 30% of their total revenue during this festival season.

The contamination of counterfeit products also increased

Like Lebhagu e-commerce platforms, online-offline selling of bogus-counterfeit products is also on the rise. According to the latest 'State of Counterfitting in India - 2021' report by the Authentication Solution Providers Association, sales of bogus items in India have increased by an average of 30 per cent year-on-year between January 2013 and December 2020 and have increased by 1 per cent since 2013. The country's economy and security have also suffered a lot. Over the years bogus and counterfeit products have hampered economic growth, tarnished the brand's reputation and adversely affected consumer confidence. According to FICCI's report titled 'Invisible Enemy', smuggling and counterfeit products cost the Indian economy Rs 2 crore from 2015-16, readymade garment industry Rs 504 crore, cigarette industry Rs 50 crore and cigarette industry Rs 50 crore. Cigarettes are the mainstay of the counterfeit product-affected industries, which often benefit more than drugs and gold.