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Stock tips group showed fake profits and won’t let me withdraw
What usually matters in this situation, and the papers to keep ready before you meet an advocate or free legal aid (call 15100).
Before anything elseStop paying any “tax” or “fee” to withdraw.
Make my own list — free, 2 minutes
Your situation
- What kind of scheme was it? Trading / stock tips / app
Papers to gather
- All chats, group names, links and the app or website used
Shows the false promises and identifies the operators. Where: Telegram, WhatsApp, the app itself. - All payments made and any small "returns" received
Receiving accounts are frozen using these details. Where: Bank statement, UPI history.
You may also need, depending on your answers
- Complaint acknowledgement number or FIR — Needed for bank and court steps.
- Names and contacts of other victims — Supports a joint complaint.
- Report on 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in — Starts the freeze process.
What the law says
Cheating is an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; online fraud is reported on 1930 / cybercrime.gov.in. Unregistered deposit schemes can also be reported on RBI's Sachet portal.
General information, not legal advice.
Saboot will also ask
- Are they asking you for more money to "withdraw" your earnings?
- When was your last payment?
- Have you reported it?
Similar situations
- Paid to do “tasks” like liking videos and can’t withdraw
- Paid a registration fee for a job that never came
- Fake overseas job agent took my money
- Crypto platform froze my money
- Invested in a scheme that promised double money
- Work-from-home typing or data-entry job asked for deposit
- Paid “security deposit” for a delivery or franchise job
- Lost money in a “hotel review” or “rating” job
Sources
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (MHA)
- RBI Sachet portal — check if a lender or scheme is registered
- RBI press release, 24 Jun 2026: Amendment Directions on limiting customer liability in digital transactions (effective 1 Jan 2027)
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