The incident highlighted yet again that a well-established modus operandi for duping online customers has thrived despite being exposed in June. In the last one month, such cases have been reported from across the country, including Hyderbabad, Madurai, Ghaziabad, Nagpur and Jaisalmer.

In November, the Delhi Police had arrested a suspect in a similar fraud. Portals such as OLX have previously taken down a number of advertisements, but the actions appear to have done little to halt the fraudsters.