Fraud in travel ticket review: Fraud tickets 51

File a complaint with the consumer affairs department of Pennsylvania and New York. We had the same problem with him recently.

I also have had the same problem with Sunil Mehta from Raj Travels in New York. I have an alternate number listed or him: [protected]. Several months ago, Sunil Mehta booked tickets for us to go to London in July 2013. We had a big group of about 14 people traveling at different times within the same week. We all booked through Raj Travels Inc. and got our e-mail confirmations. We were able to log on to the British Airways website and even view our reservations and able to enter in our information. However, when the first passenger of our group arrived at the airport, she was told that the funds used to make the reservation was refunded back to the credit card. Sunil had asked us to send him checks for the funds, so a credit card was not used (so we thought). After we became concerned and all began calling British Airways to check on our own flight reservations. In ALL of our cases, the money was refunded back to a credit card and we were told by the airline to pay again! DO NOT BE FOOLED by SUNIL MEHTA! Now he doesn't answer any of our calls, does not return the calls, and we can not even leave a message due to a full mailbox. He doesn't even answer our e-mails! NEVER NEVER NEVER use this person to book your trip or you will be paying DOUBLE!

I also have been cheated by Sunil Mehta by same way as described by others. Do you know how to trace down this Guy to get our hard earned money. Please reply.

same thing has happened to me. My flight is for tomorrow. I tried to check in online. I have also been frauded by Sunil Mehta. We all need to get together and file law suit. My contact name is Chetan Master and email is chetmast@yahoo.com

I agree with Chetan to hire a lawyer to file a lawsuit and we will all share lawyer expense. My email is ecirakc73@yahoo.com

If everyone files a complaint with the police and talk to the attorney general . Everyone should be ale to get some justice.

I filed a police complaint but so far no progress.

Everyone needs to be persistent...file a police report, complain to federal trade commission at [protected], your local and New York consumer protection agency, district attorneys office, and New Yorks 311 line at [protected]...
Chances are he's probably left the country with our money... He needs to be prosecuted.

I am a victim too. Just came to know that all the 4 tickets we had for 7/13 were cancelled on 7/9 by Sunil (travel agent, according to Lufthansa). We got this shocking news when we called Lufthansa as we were not able to login using the Booking reference provided by Sunil. We logged on last saturday and selected seats etc. but did not enter all the passport details. Hence, we have been trying to login since yesterday and finally called Lufthansa. Have lodged a police complaint. What can we do to get this scoundrel ?

Yes, Exactly same thing happened to me. My wife and Kids are supposed to travel today, yesterday the Etihad Airways said they locked the tickets. I spoke to him yesterday. He said he will look into the matter and reissue the tickets, But today He is not answering any calls or replying any emails. I Don't know what to do.should i wait for this guy to call or re-book the tickets to my family. I think I will re-book the tickets after waiting for couple of hours more.
Please advice, I am ready to file the complaint and will join the group.
my email sriniy28@gmail.com
-Srini

This guy is fraud and I am surprised that he is able to do this and no one (NY Attorney) is not doing anything about it...

I did not see this before and got into trouble having fallen into same trap looking for cheap tickets for my parents travelling to INDIA in Etihad AirWays... Here is the linkt o filing a compaint with NY Attorney's office...

Here is the Link: http://www.ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds/Filing-a-Consumer-Complaint

I am a victim too. we came to know only at British airways counter that all the 4 tickets were refunded to travel agent.
Since we have to go to India my priorty that time was to reach to India and British airways was ready to issue tickets with each ticket costing 3K we decided to come home and next day we got tickets on Air India. Now I am back I a trying to see what action we can take and I am consulting and finding out options. Please let me know if any one has more information. I am from NJ Edison area. I want to contact a lawyer but I need to know how many are there to join to start legal action againest Sunil. He is in NYC and I am planing to go to his address and see if he is reale and still he is in business he is not picking up phone. If he is still in business then we can get our money or we can close his business so that others will not fall into his trap.

I am a victim too. We came to know on the day of journey at the British airways counter in airport that all the 4 tickets we had were returned to travel agent, according to British Airways. Since we had to go to India our first priorty was to get ticket and British airways was ready to issue tickets but there were at 3K/ticket. We decided to go home for that night(lucky I am just 20 min. drive) and next day when we called Sunil he said he didn't know and he told us he will find out what happened and we asked for refund which he said will do and so far he didn't. We went to India next day with new tickets from other travel agency. Now we are back from India and I want to take action againest Sunil and Raj Travels. Please let me know if any one has more information I am in NJ, Edison area. I am planing to talk to Lawyer. Lets form a group so that we can represent well and make sure he will be out of business so that no one else will fall into his trap and also to recover our money.

Sure. we are with you. If you can find anyhting please let us know. And I agree that we have to take solid action.

I recently booked my flight to Australia with them
spoke with sunil, one of the agents, very helpful,
Knowledgeable and listened to my suggestions
and made sure I got what I requested from
travel dates to my food choice.

I went to Raj Travel to book an upcoming trip to india. They were great! We were quoted a very fair price and the entire process was smooth and easy. Our agent was knowledgeable and friendly and was able to answer any question that we had. I will definable be going back to book future trips!

This agent is a fraud, I think he is posting all these comments himself. If you like to lose money, sure go ahead and book tickets from Raj travel.

ha ha ha.. what a joke... Can this ### (Sunil Metha) stop posting good things about himself which are completely untrue and stop thinking that people would actually believe the utter rubbish he is posting. Unfortunately my cousin was a victim of his scam, and upon reaching the airport with his wife and 10 month daughter was told that the ticket have been cancelled since the funds were never received as it looks like a case of fraud. Trying to get a hold of this idiot to see if he wants to resolve this w/out being sent to jail. The info on this board is very helpful and would def pursue a course of action against him.

Vidya MD If you are real can you share his address with us. There is no address and the address registered was not there I went to find out but I couldn't find. I am giving my phone number if you call or not I will definitely get spam calls which is Ok I can deal You can call me @ [protected]. or you can post his correct address here I can easly reach any area in NYC. Hope I will get response

I agree he is posting all these good comments about him self he is a fraud I am trying my best to close his operations and I am confident I will successed

Guys, this person is available on [protected]--catch hold of him ! he doesn't even realize when you call him from different numbers

I was also victim of this scam by Sunil Mehta. I had purchased a round trip ticket on etihad from chicago to Cochin business class. Unfortunately my trip was on sad terms as i was attending my mother's first death anniversay. Like most, I also logged in to check my reservation which was active. As a matter of fact, i was able to get limosine service through etihad from my home to the airport after they confirmed my reservation. Upon my arrival to the ticket desk to check in, i was told my ticket was suspended. They said that the only way i could fly was if i could give them the credit card # and expiration date of the card this ticket was paid with. Sunil Mehta had purchased the ticket with his credit card and i sent him a personal check. I called him from the airport and he would not give me the credit card info. Instead assured me he would re issue the ticket, but that never happened. I waited at the counter for 4 hours and had to buy a new ticket for double the price to be able to get on the flight. When i returned from my trip, i called him and told him he owed me a refund, he assured me he would send me a check by mail. 3 weeks went by, and no check. So i called again and he said he sent the check, however since i did not receive it, he would fed ex it and email me the tracking number. As you would guess, this NEVER happened and i am unable to get a hold of him anymore. I am surprised that he has done this so many times and is not being held accountable. If anyone is interested in filing a class action law suit against him and raj travels please contact me at tneduvelil@wi.rr.com. thanks and lets get this guy! Thomas

Hello,
My wife and I were also victims to Sunil Mehta's dealings. He booked our tickets on Lufthansa and cancelled our reservations three weeks ago. We informed the Chicago police, and they tracked him and told him to refund our money. He sent us a cheque for the amount we paid, but the next morning after we deposited the money, the cheque was returned because he issued a Stop Payment notice. The police are still tracking the case. We are willing to join in any group action that needs to be taken. I am surprised that such individuals are still conducting their business in US without being arrested after duping so many innocent and hard working people. Another surprising thing is that all the local newspapers here in Chicago are still running full page advertisements of his agency. We even contacted one and asked them to post a warning for other Indians, but no action has been taken there. It would be good if residents of NY could maybe inform the Indian Consulate and also the media. For all we know, he may have fled the country. I can be contacted at mkdas2001@hotmail.com
Krishnadas

We should also try to contact Gujarat Prime Minister and track him in Gujarat. Krishnadas

Myself and a few other friends on the west coast are his newest victims.
When my friend tried to check-in online 24 hours before his departure he was declined. Then he called British Airlines he was told that the payment had been refunded due to credit card fraud and his reservation was no longer valid. My friend tried calling Sunil Mehta of Raj Travels several times but there was no answer. Finally, my friend had to pay a much higher price at the airport counter to rebook the same tickets.

After this incident, we called Emirates to enquire about our tickets but initially we were told everything was fine just like how their website displayed our reservation. We had to call them a few times to learn that the tickets are actually suspended due to a payment restriction or something. We are trying to make re-payment so that we won't have issues at the airport but the customer service agents are reluctant to take payment as they can not make changes to a reservation made by an agent and they are asking us to pay at the airport counter. But I am afraid the price is probably going to be higher at the airport.

There is another friend who is going through the same process and is trying to re-book their tickets.

Has anyone been able to get their money back from this guy? Please let us know if there is a complaint or law suit that we can join. my email address is rchundru_umr_at_yahoo.com
I am going to report to the local police with all the details and also file a complaint with the FTC.

I am old victim (June, 13). Reported the matter to local police, State Attorney, FTC, the stupid papers which continue to print their advertisements in Virginia and Bank Of America and nothing - nothing is happening. and have all given up / close case or absolutely no response. I tried talking to a lawyer and he told they will charge 3000$ just to prepare the initial work, Well that is 50% of the money I have lost ! Strange this can happen in USA. I am reachable at suku9095@yahoo.com, if anybody is planning to join a common law suit. He should have been in jail long back,

One update:
On the cheque that he issued us and processed a stop payment, here is the address listed:
Gandhi Travel Inc
511 Avenue of the America
Floor 1
New York, NY110011
Also, below is the address listed on Sunil Mehta's website: www.rajtravel.org
31 W 52nd Street
NY 10019
Email rajtravelinc@yahoo.com
Hope you will find this information useful. Krishnadas

Hi Krishnadas,
The address printed on the check he gave you looks like a virtual address that anyone can rent for a fee of $99 per month.

This happened to our family today. I bought tickets from a guy called Raj Chouhan from Raj Travels in NY in Oct for travel before Christmas. The tickets were on Qatar Airways from Washington DC to Hyderabad. I contacted Qatar Airways today to re-confirm my tickets for next week and was told that they were cancelled. I tried calling the number I had for Raj Travels [protected], but it gets redirected to another number whose mailbox is full. I am shocked that this has been going on for more than an year and he is not yet caught. I submitted a report with the local police today. I am willing to join any class action lawsuit against this guy. He should be stopped from doing this to more people.

Sandeep

I had the same issue today. If this guys is a fraud than this is it. I have asked a lawyer about the stuff and is willing to fight for me at least. No way to get back to the agent. Quite a low life. Asked my school to pitch in as well. Let see what happens next. I might as well cancel my trip to India just to make sure I screw up his business. Now I want see if my lawyer friends will hold up to their words. Email me on zeus_2god@yahoo.com if you - the agent - wants to talk with me. Don't wait my friend. I am one of those person who never mess with anyone - but make sure I show u hell when you play with me. Good luck Mr. Chauhan. Time for the action.

I am in same trap. My ticket is book for 20th dec when I call the airline they said the money is paid by c card but there is a restriction I cant travel until and unless we show them the same card.please help me.money is still there if any can help me. I Tried to make a police complain they send me to FBI when i called them they said go to police please help me before he puts the money back in card and cancelled my ticket.

We had the same issue yesterday. "Raj Chouhan" used blacklisted cards to purchase our tickets and asked for us to wire transfer $7400 to him. Then Qatar Airways cancelled the tickets when they realized the cards were blacklisted. The refund and cancellation information went to Raj Travel, and we did not know what happened until we attempted to check in.
I find it a little ridiculous that Qatar Airways sent us a confirmation email when we changed our meals and selected our seats, but they did not feel the need to send an email when our tickets were cancelled. I understand that all of the contact information was from the agency, but obviously they had our information as well.
Regardless, we need to take action against this agency. This idiot even posted all of his positive comments on the same day. How can he repeatedly get away with such fraud?
You can contact me at kapoor.sumit90@gmail.com

Same here. Got told by the airline that my ticket has not been been paid for, although I paid the money months ago to "Raj Chauhan" now I find his other name Sunil Mehta, I also see that he booked my ticket on the airline as a "munir ahmad'. Airline also said that 'Gandhi Travels' the name under which he took my money has been black-listed but they cannot do anything for passengers or let them fly as he never paid the money for those tickets It is strange that from above complaints he has been doing this racket for MONTHS and no-one has been able to book him till now He also gave me a bank account number and a bank name. If anyone finds this useful, let me know. This is hard-earned money from me, I had to go to India to look after my mothers failing health and I am a single mother of three and this travel to my homeland I can only do once every three years with hard earned savings. Shame on this man. . He is a criminal and hope there is a law that makes him pay.

Same here. Got told by the airline that my ticket has not been been paid for, although I paid the money months ago to #Raj Chauhan# now I find his other name Sunil Mehta, I also see that he booked my ticket on the airline as a "munir ahmad'. Airline also said that #Gandhi Travels# the name under which he took my money has been black-listed but they cannot do anything for passengers or let them fly as he never paid the money for those tickets It is strange that from above complaints he has been doing this racket for MONTHS and no-one has been able to book him till now He also gave me a bank account number and a bank name . If anyone finds this info useful, let me know, email me here. This is hard-earned money from me, I had to go to India to look after my mothers failing health and now I cannot go despite saving for last three years. Shame on this man. . He is a criminal on the loose and I am confident that if we all work together we can catch him.

Mr Krishnadas,
Unfortunately I also sent money to the same address. BUT - I have a bank account number where I wired the money to, Its to a CITIBANK here in the USA. Please contact me on this ID if you - or anyone else who has been scammed- want to know the details. I would like to join a group, also I am with Mr.Tjrulz above is saying that I want this ### booked, this ### has usurped money I saved up for 3 years to go see my ailing parents in India! I have absolutely no means to get this money back - I know what lawyers take to even talk to you in the USA! But if we get police in India and in the US on his case, at least if nothing else, more innocent hard working people would not be cheated like this.
Judging by my transaction, You need a valid SSN or a TIN# to open any kind of bank account, esp if its a corporation. My two-bit is that this racket is bigger than one single person. There are more people involved for sure, people whose legal bank account is used to accept our monies -wires and I read here some people have sent him checks too- and then cleaned out or white washed in some way while he uses fake credit cards to make the bookings, How does he get these cards? in his name? someone else? how does he have these valid bank accounts? Someone else wrote they sent a check to a Bank of America, while I sent to a Citibank. Unbelievable that this is happening in the US and the airlines can even continue doing business ( they said he was black-listed) so why do they continue accepting bookings made by him if they KNOW the bookings are then cancelled? With so much technology, it is crazy that they cannot book this internet crook. I should have sensed something was badly wrong when he refused to accept my payment by credit card, I feel so stupid now because it was obvious now why he did not want to do that. I am just shocked that he has not one but at least TWO valid bank accounts where monies have been taken by him via check or wire. I am doubly shocked that even after all these incidents have hapenned to other people, Atlanta Dunia, Sulekha and perhaps other online newspapers still carries his adverts through where I got his contact from!

We are victims of this man and dont know where to go

And we are the latest ones in this list... Same method used by 'SUNIL MEHTA' from RAJ TRAVELS... Check paid to CITIBANK in the name of GANDHI TRAVELS for travel through British Airways... I am now cheated for USD 3695. Want to see this crook behind the bars... I am planning to lodge a police complaint tomorrow and am ready to pool in and hire a lawyer / detective... If you guyz have started the process, please loop me in... I am reachable at talk2biswadeep@gmail.com .. else I am willing to coordinate all the effort to see this fraud behind the bar...

Hi folks

Please provide your email addresses ASAP. I want to create an email group for our future conversations. Using the internet as a tool we can all get together as one and see what can be done from here. Once all the emails are there, an email will be sent which will serve as a repository of all our conversations and ideas. We don't need crooks like this on the streets. This ### needs to smell the jail. He is asking for it and we should try to do that for him.

The game plan to start with is to have a spread sheet with everyone's itinerary and the money that one got defrauded with along with the citibank account number u deposited into.

The key here is more people, more better it is. This is very well a white collar scam and more the people this will easily become a federal case. The only thing that is needed from you all is a timely reply to emails when asked for.

Let's use the power of the Internet and teach the ### a lesson in Karma.

Thanks

TjRulz