Apollo Future Finance, who claim to have a office near Anil Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Sector-4, Kurla complex, Bandra; does not actually exist. As I wanted an education loan, a guy named Aditya, called from a number-07351584341, stating that he is speaking from Mumbai office, asked me how much of a loan I would require for my foreign education, for which I quoted the fee as mentioned on my Offer letter. i.e INR 14,00,000 for 2 years. They asked me to provide only a few documents- passport copy, bank passbook copy, 10th, 12th and degree mark sheet, and sent them to [email protected]. As i was desperate to do my post graduation, I thought, why not give it a try. The next day, I get a call from the same guy stating that my loan has been sanctioned and hence an application fee of INR 10,000 needs to be deposited to a guy named Tushar Pradhan’s (Contact no.-09639886030) SBI account number-32413626624, of which I have proof in the form of Deposit slips in his name. However, after 2 days I get a call from Tushar Pradhan’s number stating that they are waiting to transfer the money but were unable to do so as it was a savings account. Further they asked for another INR 19,000 to convert that savings account to current account, after which I decided to go to Mumbai to check for myself if the firm actually exists or not. As I am not from a good financial background, I have to think ten times before doing something. Still I went and found that in front of Dhirubhai International School there is no financial Institution named Apollo future Finance. Hence I called up on both the numbers but they refused to give me any directions. So i asked them my application fee, which they claimed that they will return in a few days. But till date I have received no refund from them. Now another guy picks up the number from which Aditya was communicating with me, and he is now telling me that as per their Company policy, they refund application fee in 3-4 months. Now I will be lodging a police complaint tomorrow at my nearby police station. And a final addition they are working stating that they are registered under Rashtriya Rozgar Yojana.
I request you guys to upload my story on google so that no other desperate student who wants a loan to complete their studies gets cheated.
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