Work at home fraud , currently received a legal notice
5 months ago
Sir
In 2022 March I have done a work at Home job ,they provide a online id and password and the work was to do 500 resume filling job .incase with in 5 days we can't complete this job they informed we will pay for their portal charges . unfortunately I can't complete the job with in 5 days , they asked money for portal charges , I paid after they informed the next work will sent to soon do complete within the Next 5 days .i disagree and informed they I can't do .so they informed need to pay the termination amount , without pay they will go for legal actions.i paid the amount due to afraid. And they agree all the procedures are completed they will erase all the my data from their company data base
After 1year I got a call from advocate, but Truecaller shows spam and Fraud number ,i ignored, currently yesterday I got call again and they informed he is advocate and will sent a legal notice to WhatsApp .i disconnected call after that I got a text message police will come to my home for verification so just wait for police and legal notice.after i received a legal notice through wtup .that have the Delhi bar council name and the advocate name sushant singh rajput .and have no sign and have no address of mine , only have my name .I not responded .they again sent a wtup message and call .they sent message like do respond to legal notice with in 1 day and the your court hiring date in Delhi court is as on 16/11/2023 attend and process the civil code case personally and this case didn't settle by your side conducted by senior authority
The company name Resume filling company,Ratan Lal Market ,kamala Market Ajmeri gate new delhi
Sir kindly help me what I should respond or not
From the content of the query, it appears that you were duped by a fraud company. If you joined an online Work from Home Data Entry job work on receipt of any offer letter from the Company, then go through the terms and conditions of said letter that stipulate a condition of charging of fine in case of incorrect/inaccuracy response or non-performance of assigned job. In case you find no terms as such in your offer letter then on receipt of such an unethical and arbitrary demand from the Company, then just ignore it. Section 73 of the Indian Contract Act makes provision for unliquidated damages (not stipulated in a contract) and section 74 of the Contract Act deals with liquidated damages (stipulated in a contract) and no compensation is attracted for mere breach of contract u/s.73. 74 of the Act unless such breach resulted in an actual loss or damage to the opposite party. However, on receipt of repeated calls or messages demanding money or threatening legal action, then make a complaint(GD) against the Company at the local police station and serve a legal notice enclosing a copy of the police complaint and informing them that you are contemplating filing a criminal suit against the Company for cheating and criminal intimidation u/s.415 and 503 of IPC. Hope the matter stands resolved thereafter. In case the matter is not resolved then consult with an Advocate for guidance and steps.