Shillong, Oct 12: Police have issued an advisory urging the public in Meghalaya not to fall into the trap of fraudsters who duped people through false messages and offers.

Special Superintendent of Police (CID) said in a statement issued here on Friday that as festive season is round the corner, many e-commerce sites such as Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon are offering huge discounts and sales.

The advisory was issued after information was received that some customers were getting phone calls from fraudsters who claimed to be from these online shopping sites and informed them (customers) that they had won lottery/gifts (like Tata Safari etc).

“In order to claim such gifts, the customers were asked to deposit a certain amount of money. This is just a ploy implemented by the criminals to cheat people,” the advisory said.