Rajiv Dey :
Capitalizing on the huge demand for Hilsa, the king of fish, across the country, a group of organized online fraudsters have emerged through social media. Recently, a fake page called ‘Fresh King Hilsa Fish from Chandpur’ was opened on Facebook and a new fraud trap was laid by posing as a representative and page owner of a courier service. A permanent resident of Chittagong (female customer) lost a total of 7,098 taka in several rounds and was subjected to extreme anger and harassment. The victim is reluctant to reveal her name for fear of social damage. This well-planned fraud incident took place on Saturday (June 6, 2026) at noon.
Investigation revealed that the victim, the female customer, had ordered Hilsa fish by chatting on Facebook Messenger. The fraudsters started working as a specific syndicate by claiming to be the owners of the ‘AJR Courier Service’ and the online page.
First, the customer was charged 300 taka for the delivery charge to the specified number on the page, saying that they would deliver the fish. Then, the fraudsters stole 1700 taka in the first phase by promising to receive the hilsa fish from the courier in good condition. The real fraud started immediately after receiving the money. A member of the fraudsters called the customer and said, “A code will be sent to your mobile, tell me the code.” After the customer informed the code in good faith, the online hilsa fish trader started a new trick. They said, “Ma’am, you said the English word ‘O’ (O) instead of the English word ‘0’ (zero) in the four-digit code, so your payment has been locked on the server.”
Using this alleged server error as an excuse, the customer was trapped and demanded 1699 taka in the second phase. In desperation, the victim female customer sent money to the bKash number (01787-500756) provided by the fraudsters. But the fraudsters did not stop there. They again claimed server error and extorted 3399 taka from the customer for the third time.
According to the account sent by the victim customer, the total amount of money is:
Delivery charge = 300/- taka First stage (courier condition) = 1700/- taka Second stage (excuse to open server lock) = 1699/- taka Third stage = 3399/- taka Total amount extorted = 7,098/- taka
When they demanded 5099 taka again for the fourth time, the victim customer became suspicious and refused to pay any more money.
After using the courier service name and paying the money at a fake address, the female customer sought clarification from the real ‘AJ R Courier Service’ branch in Khatunganj, Chittagong. Then, the Khatunganj branch authorities showed the customer a list of all their branches in Chittagong and confirmed that there was no AJ R Courier Service branch in Alankar More, Chittagong. The courier authorities clearly informed, “A fraudster has called you using our name. We have not called any customer saying that we will deliver hilsa fish. You have been cheated.”
Later, when the female customer called the hilsa page number (01710-810245) in the hope of getting fish, they changed their tune and said, “Ma’am, we are not AJ Courier Service in Alankar More, we are AJ Courier Transport Service.” In this way, they continued to provide false and misleading information.
Rajiv Dey, a special correspondent of the national English daily ‘Present Times’, went to verify the truth of the incident after getting all the transaction documents and screenshots.
First call (to Page’s number): On Sunday (June 7), journalist Rajiv Dey himself called Page’s number (01710-810245) pretending to be a buyer. Then, a person named ‘Ledu’ from the other end introduced himself and said that their office was at Chandpur Bazar, Shop No. 12.
Second call (to the courier’s identity number): At 5 pm that day, the journalist called another Bikash number (01787-500756) pretending to be a staff of AJ Courier Service. This time, the other end introduced himself as ‘Russell’. When the journalist asked for a refund by introducing himself as the victim female customer, Russell said that they were in the office adjacent to Hanif Counter at Chittagong Alankar More and would return the money there. But when the journalist challenged him and said that there is no branch of AJ Courier at Alankar Mor, the fake staff Russell got angry and started abusing the journalist in foul language and disconnected the line. Later, this number was found to be disconnected.
Currently, all the documents, screenshots and written account statements of the victim customer sending money to bKash are preserved in the archive of the special correspondent of the national English daily Present Times.
This fraudulent group of the online ‘Chandpurer Tatka Raja Hilsa Maas’ page is constantly cheating the common people by chatting on Facebook and Messenger and using various fake bKash number The attention of the administration is being drawn to take appropriate legal action against this dishonest group and their syndicate under the Information Technology Act as soon as possible.
At the same time, it is being informed for the information of common Facebook users and online buyers that many people have already been cheated through this page. Therefore, everyone is requested to be extremely cautious and cautious when shopping online from this page (and the associated bKash number 01787-500756, and phone number 01710-810245).
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