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Department of Consumer Affairs invites you to join India's online consumer community. Via this community, you can share your consumer experiences, find guidance and raise consumer issues. This initiative is founded by Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Government of India and part of the multi pronged approach to enable the Indian Consumer's voice.

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Is FastTag really helpful or the only business of issuer banks/ agency?
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FastTag is now a days mandatory on NHAI Toll road. It is good but there is no real benefit by travelers. As FasTag issuer are taking deposit of about Rs 200 against tag issued by them which will b...

By Kamlesh Suthar

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OTP Frauds - learn all about it
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One Time Password (OTP) thefts are most common social engineering frauds and the most common form of Phishing frauds in India. People from both urban/rural areas are prone to this type of frauds. L...

By Anu Kaur

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Coronavirus Impact
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Circle Members your survey is in papers today. Insightful but my query is 41% of us are cautious about summer travel. That will crash the economy. Also concerning that paracetamol prices...

By Shikha Chhabra

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Met fraud online company ,
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I booked some flowers chocolate n greeting card on FLABERRY (Online flower booking site) for my husband on 3 Feb and mentioned delivery date 14 Feb , before booking I confirmed the delivery area. I...

By Garima Yadav

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Whatsapp is reading pictures we send
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This morning I sent a picture of chocolate to my sister wishing her valentines day. 10 minutes later I was accessing a content download site. I saw another chocolate variant ad (attached) pushed to...

By Sandhya Agarwal

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ecommerce discounts seem to be going away
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it seems that ecommerce has stated to take a hit in India atleast phone sales. iphone xr is now cheaper in India at stores after the 10% additional discount many stores offer. The discount is not a...

By Manju Patel

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Online sellers paying for reviews
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The online sellers now lure consumers to give them 5 star and offer money for it. See attached that come out from a box. Consumer laws should discourage such practices. Kindly look into ...

By Kajal Singh

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WhatsApp being allowed launching payments in India.
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I saw news that WhatsApp Pay will start payments for everyone. How? Were they not caught in Pegasus Scam. From what I know and understand WhatsApp data more important the chats were stolen. If they...

By Siddhartha Roy

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Vulgarity in Advertising at Auto Expo
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Please see attached how women are used as show girls at auto expo. They get many more stares than the cars. Can the Govt lay some norms for advertising in shows/exhibitions. Same thing apply for th...

By Sneha Goyal

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450,000 Credit Card records compromised
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Can someone please advise how does this happen. How do 4.5 lakh credit card records of Indians get compromised. Did the hack happen from an overseas server or an Indian server. Who is responsible a...

By Harsimran Kaur

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