Realme india issues a public warning.

Realme issues a 'public warning'

Smartphone brand 

Realme

 has issued a warning about a website that claims to offer franchisee partnerships on its behalf. In a statement to media, Realme said, "It has come to our notice that someone has created a website www.realmepartner.in asking for franchisee partnerships. We want to officially clarify that this is not owned and operated by realme and we do not take any responsibility of people doing business through this website. In the meantime we are taking necessary legal action against the owners of the portal."

The company further said that it only has one official website, www.realme.com. "Please note that we only have one official website, www.realme.com. All our product information and business partnerships are available on our official website."

Times of India Technology-Gadgets Now checked the website 'www.realmepartner.in'. It has a huge banner running with BBK Electronics Group (parent company of Realme) written. It is followed by a drop-down that says 'Become a partner' and claims to offer Realme Franchisee ('Get Realme Franchise store'). The links in the top bar include 'Home', 'About', 'USP', 'Partner', 'Franchise Benefits' and 'Sign Up'.

Similarly a year ago the smartphone brand Xiaomi issued a same notice to notify its sellers about the fraud network being running on and the MD/VP of Xiaomi took onto the twitter handle to notify its customers.

Statement :"My request to all retail partners: please do NOT fall for scams! Anything related to Xiaomi, Mi Stores, products, prices etc.: please verify by contacting our local teams OR calling toll-free no.: 1800 103 6286 OR on http://mi.com OR our official social media pages ?? https://twitter.com/manukumarjain/status/1095196349010653184," Jain added in another tweet.