A 43-year-old businessman from Bengaluru ended up losing ₹11 lakh to a fake Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise website after he did a Google search to buy the franchise. An FIR was registered at East CEN police station.
The businessman, who hails from Kaggdaspura in C.V. Raman Nagar, did a search on Google to find out the contact details of KFC to purchase a franchise and set up an outlet in the city. According to the police, the KFC website he found sought his contact details. He updated his contact number on the site, which turned out to be fake. The website has been identified as kfcindia.in.
Days after he entered his contact details, he received calls from two unknown numbers enquiring about his request to buy the franchise. The strangers introduced themselves as employees of KFC who deal with franchises. They said they would send a formal mail to his email address. After the conversation, he received an email from [email protected]. The police said the email made it look like it is formal procedure to apply for franchise and the mail also mentioned the price for the purchase. After he received the mail, the businessman continued his correspondence with the alleged executives over email from July 27.
